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I am not sure that I fully understand the technical legal point, but if there is any doubt as to whether those vehicles—obviously we cannot call them premises—would be caught by the provisions in the bill, it is imperative that we flag that up to the Executive.
Our reading of the paperwork that we have received is that we are talking about best value. Our contention would be that best value need not always be related solely to financial best value, in terms of a bottom line.
Members will see from the Law Society's letter that the policy is publicly available on its website and that the society thinks that that is the best way of disseminating information.
Is it intended to upgrade the scale of fees annually? That is a relevant point. I will ask Duncan Gray to clarify the position over the past few years and talk about future proposals.
It is clear that for a number of cancer surgeries and heart surgery, and for a number of other procedures, the balance of risk points to the specialisation of services to ensure the best outcomes.