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Yes, it has been my routine procedure to destroy them. There was considerable press speculation about this notebook and I want to clarify the point, so that I am clear about what happened.
Will the minister join me in welcoming men's health week, especially as statistics show that, on average, men die five years earlier than women? The gap is wider for men from lower-income backgrounds.
That is not the sort of person we are talking about; we are talking about councillors or board members who are not in charge of anything in that sense, so the minister's example does not apply.
I encourage people who are contemplating entry to the profession to go and talk to the people who are doing the best work in the front line at the moment.