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Sorry— Would you like me to repeat that answer? Yes, if you could, please. We have had to move forward on a number of fronts, taking people with us on the matter.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2006
I have recently received the final recommendations from my officials about how the review should be taken forward and soon I intend to set out my vision and intentions for taking work forward in this area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 December 2004
The Government Car Service (Scotland) provides or arranges transport for Scottish ministers, ministers of UK Government departments when in Scotland, senior officials at the Scottish Executive, and visiting dignitaries.
We decided to adopt level 2 scrutiny, which involves taking written evidence from bodies on which costs fall and oral evidence from Executive officials. I welcome officials from the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department: David Ford is the bill team leader—he must have done something really good ...
We asked the Executive also to write to us, and we agreed to invite officials to appear before us again. Jonathan Pryce has remained with us from the previous agenda item.
Because of the nature of addiction, it is highly unlikely that a drug addict would take the prescribed amount.I have spoken to numerous doctors and health officials, who freely admit that methadone gets sold on.
It is important that, when the paper is sent to the bureau, the Official Report of this discussion is included for the two bureau members who are not here.
Although I was not present at the stage 1 meeting, I read the Official Report and that argument was reiterated convincingly, particularly by Professor Sheila McLean.
Will we produce a document containing this committee's official response? No. That would be in the part of our report that deals with proportional representation.