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Convener, you might want to tell them that there are some other committees meeting this morning that have longer agendas than ours. They have probably gone to visit another committee. Good. We have a note by the clerk—paper REF/S4/12/6/1—on the subject of whether we should have an adviser.
For example, when members of the previous committee visited Catalonia, we were told that one of the drawbacks with exporting there was that it can take up to a year to be paid.
However, I understand that much of the delay in removing breakdowns is due to the fact that your service vehicles get stuck in traffic and have difficulty reaching breakdowns to deal with them. Is it fair to compare how long it takes to remove simple breakdowns or accidents—not HGVs that have gone over—on the current bridge with what will happen on a bridge...
If we had information on what we are asking the energy companies to give or to buy into, we could compare that with their 500 per cent increase in profits—there have been profits of £571 million this year.
That is very helpful. You do not see a great need—except in exceptional circumstances—for inspection to go down to the level of the individual patient.
I have a question that supplements a point raised by Malcolm Chisholm. I was delighted to visit Stracathro regional treatment centre this week—I really had to visit it to understand it.