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I thank John Swinney for his kind wishes for the new year, and I reciprocate them—not only to him, but to you, Presiding Officer, and to all colleagues in the Parliament.
I thank the minister for giving me a copy of his speech as I came into the chamber. We have just heard the latest irresponsible and unsustainable spending commitments of new Labour.
Have you met the developers and planning officials to consider whether there might be any scope for the developers to be involved in financing a slip road? I know that that regularly gets done in Fife. When we need access to a new housing development, part of the negotiations is that the developer has to finance a new slip road.
A questionnaire has gone out to staff who will work in the civil service part of the new organisation to get some feel for the number of people who would be prepared to consider, or who would be interested in, transferring from Edinburgh to the new location in Glasgow, whereve...
That is important with regard to not only local authorities but voluntary groups that are willing to get involved. The Carron valley mountain bike trail is in an excellent location in central Scotland and is well placed to exploit the beauty of that area and encourage tourism.
The concept itself is not to blame and I ask him to ensure that, in reviewing the service, he looks back at the original standards that were set 10 years ago. By doing so, we might be able to get around the problem of nurse recruitment.