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Those people had to meet certain criteria. I hope that any new people who wanted to put forward their names would have to go through the same process that the people who applied to be on the database initially had to go through.
It is therefore still open for the petition to be considered as part of the parliamentary process.The committee could not jump over the Parliament's procedures and start a completely new inquiry that was separate from any consideration of the bill.
Under the internal market, people could purchase treatment from a health board. However, the new system is much more cumbersome and funding has yet to be dealt with adequately.
Tavish Scott and David Mundell talked about the civil service becoming more acclimatised to the atmosphere of the new Parliament; that would be helpful in creating a level playing field.
Should there be an MSP filter or should people have a direct line to a Scottish parliamentary ombudsman? What is the role of new technology? Should we allow people to make oral submissions and use the internet?