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That is also covered by the Auditor General's report and we will take evidence on it on 27 November. The council says that it has a new forward-looking approach and has produced a new funding formula—considered in detail and observed in action—on which it will make further comment.
The First Minister talks of success stories and, yes, there are a few, such as all the new hospitals that were planned by Michael Forsyth and Ian Lang.
I wish all committee members a very happy new year and, on behalf of the committee, wish the same to all those officials and members of the public who watch over us so zealously.It might come as a great surprise to everyone, but I am the oldest member of the committee.
That is a good question. We are waiting for the latest data and it is possible that the Highlands and Islands might have qualified for objective 1 status had the EU stayed as an EU 15.
The legacy paper can be used as a kind of briefing on the work that has been done, to inform new members and to bring members who have been members of the Parliament but who are new to the committee up to date with what has been happening.
I welcome the general support for the committee's recommendations. Having met Karen Carlton, the new commissioner, I am confident that she is a suitably independent and feisty woman to carry out the job that she has been given.