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In the meantime, the freedom that placing requests offer is important and we must get the relevant legislation right. The bill takes us forward in that regard.
Has he also considered that his heir apparent, Henry McLeish, will get the credit if the Administration survives, and that the First Minister will get the blame if it collapses?
From the problems that we are seeing, it is clear that we have to change the system; we have to get a more co-operative approach. I am determined to deliver on that, as are my fellow ministers.
I agree with everyone who has spoken this morning that we need to take the issue seriously and try to get progress on it. That is along the lines of what I was going to say.
The only question is one of the effectiveness of the procedures. I would be interested to get information on what action has been taken with regard to overcrowding, on the basis of the surveys that the Strategic Rail Authority and so on were undertaking.