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Who knows? We may be informed by his visit, or we may get the opportunity to make the comments that many of us want to make.I would like to flag up a subject that was not covered in the paper.
That is where the distinction arises in the procedures for responses. I have an example. At a recent visit to a further education college, the principal of the college said that some of the rules that were imposed on it by the local enterprise company were extremely destructive: that is a public issue.
It continues:"When it was decided through assessment, that my mother would have to go into care, we visited many Nursing Homes in East Lothian and, without any hesitation, came to the decision that Cockenzie was most suitable."
Before I open up the meeting to questions from committee members, I will let Adam Ingram say a few words because he is here in support of the petition. I have visited St Meddans Court and I can confirm that it has a high reputation in the area.
This might not interest anyone, but there was a time when all Irish MEPs, from both the north and the south, and all MEPs who were interested in Scotland agreed that the route between Campbeltown and Northern Ireland should be extended to include visits to the Republic of Ireland and Dumfries and Galloway.
Members will be interested to know that on 5 June last year, Jackie Baillie visited the Department for International Development in East Kilbride to discuss the common interests of the Executive and the department in the voluntary sector in Scotland.
I thank Robin for that comment.We now move to agenda item 7, which we agreed to take in private because it is a discussion about a fact-finding visit on the water inquiry. I thank those who have sat with us throughout this morning's proceedings, in particular those former committee colleagues who have attended.
Clearly, widening prescribing rights will reduce the need for routine visits to GPs, which will, we hope, free up time for GPs to spend with patients.However, two questions remain for the minister to answer.