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Will the First Minister acknowledge that, at yesterday's meeting of the Communities Committee, Scottish Executive officials admitted that a large number of concerned phone calls had been made to them about the briefing to which I referred?
In view of the minister's meeting last week with the European Commission about whether the Scottish Executive is required to tender the CalMac routes, is he now in a position to make an official announcement on whether that tendering will go ahead?
In his response, the Presiding Officer said"If such a motion were lodged, I would consider it at that point in relation to the wider picture."—Official Report, 29 October 2003; c 2636.
With the agreement of Mr Pringle, I propose to read the letter aloud, so that it can be incorporated into the Official Report. The letter is dated 2 March 2004 and is addressed to me as convener.
That is an important issue, and your comments will obviously be in the Official Report, but it is not on the agenda and it is open to you to request that it be put on the agenda for a future meeting.
As the committee's legal advice is not in the public domain we should perhaps say for the Official Report that one point of doubt is whether the regulations are intra vires, while another is whether they raise a devolution issue.
It is an unusual experience for me to be allowed out without Executive officials beside me. I can fly solo and do what I want this morning—I have a degree of freedom.
That is my recollection. We will see what the Official Report says. Although I do not wish to go against other members' proposals, I thought that option C might have been more appropriate.
I am aware of those press reports and our officials are in discussions with Greater Glasgow NHS Board.The partnership agreement that will form the basis of the Administration during the next four years fully acknowledges that health boards in Scotland should prescribe any drug that has been approved by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
I can assure you that we have discussed the issue and that no decision will be taken by officials—the decision will be taken by the corporate body itself.