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Any increased costs associated with the new junior doctors' contract reflect not just the numbers of junior doctors exceeding New Deal hours limits but also payments made in recognition of work intensity.
Paragraph 76 was rewritten, but I mention it only because of the extent of the new wording. I have added a new sentence at the end of the paragraph, which I thought that I should run by members.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements in journey times between Edinburgh and Glasgow it has secured under the new ScotRail franchise. The new franchise agreement is based on the current level of service.
The Executive clearly says that the one-off set-up costs of a relocation should be assessed—that is, the costs that occur in the months following a move to a new location but which are not expected to recur.
I have a couple of questions about the suggested new model of competition and the new framework for the water industry, whereby domestic customers will be dealt with by Scottish Water and industry will be dealt with differently.
We appreciate the need for flexibility, particularly when the Executive is cutting new ground, but the Parliament should be in on such dramatic changes.
Everyone will lose the plot, given the amount of new information that will come out. People will not know whether the money is new money, replacement money or money that has been relabelled.