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However, it would be inappropriate at the moment to start making guesses about where we are, five months into the process. In the latest efficiency technical note, the health efficiency saving has been increased from £90 million to £208 million.
The suggestion is that a copy of the latest letter from the minister's office should be passed to the petitioner for his information and that no further action should be taken, on the basis that most of the additional points that the petitioner raises have been answered in the minister's letter.
We are likely to receive requests to visit numerous sites, so if members agree, I am happy to agree the final site-visit timetable and agenda on behalf of the committee.
Much of the evidence that we have taken has been based on rural issues, and we have visited rural areas—I visited the Western Isles—as part of the lead-up to the inquiry.
Amendments 11 to 16 moved—Sarah Boyack—and agreed to. Before section 26 Amendment 17, in the name of the deputy minister, is grouped with amendment 23.