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Scottish ParliamentFinance CommitteeTuesday 26 February 2002(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:04 I open the fourth Finance Committee meeting of 2002.
However, COSLA asks us to believe that"we have an end point in mind for the delivery of Single Status across the country"but refuses to tell us what that end point might be.
I am well aware of the smaller schemes for schools and so on. However, the point that I am making is that a renewable heat strategy—which is not in place—might have guided us in such a way that we would have thought about whether that was the best way in which to approach the matter.
As I said to the minister yesterday, my question was prompted by a constituent logging on to the VisitScotland website to find out how many camping sites there were between Ullapool and Durness and finding that there was only one.
Some of the fundamental points apply equally across the country.Prime responsibility for planning hospital services, including acute bed numbers, rests with NHS boards.
Unfortunately, we are in a straitjacket in that the Finance Committee states the point at which we look at actuals and the point at which we look at budgets.