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We broke down the benefits into those that applied to older people themselves and—most important—those that applied to the national health service in terms of reduced visits to general practitioners and less requirement for treatment.
Is the minister aware that, as part of alcohol awareness week, many members were asked to take part and to visit stores in their constituency? I visited a David Sands store in Crossford in my constituency this week, and I met the chief executive of the company.
Following discussion with me, a paper has been prepared by the clerk that details a programme of evidence sessions and visits. Do members have any comments on the paper?
It has a value because a disproportionate number of staff are in Scotland compared with the spread over the UK as a whole, but it is owned and now functions globally.
We have considered boards' actual costs, compared with the national average. We have all that information.You make a good point about community services.
The point is that we would want to be in a position in which the people who are appointed are, generally speaking—there are always some exceptions—up to the job. In the SPA, we are on to a third chair.
I have looked at the four submissions that went to the Finance and Constitution Committee, and my reading of them is that only one organisation took a bit more exception to the financial memorandum. I say honestly to the committee that I think that the financial memorandum is fine and that my focus will be on other aspects of the bill.