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The point that I made earlier was that, if I see that a supplier is not acting in the best interests of consumers and there is severe consumer detriment, I do not currently have the option to step in, take over the supplier and mend the issues.
From a strategic point of view, we are talking about the need to increase the rate of housing delivery across a range of tenures, particularly in the social rented sector.
As I have said to the committee and all stakeholders in relation to the affordable housing programme, there are points where we recognise that there need to be flexibilities, and folk should talk to my housing officials on the ground.
S5W-23000 Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that all NHS boards follow best practice guidelines regarding breast cancer treatment.
Even at pace, it takes us six months to progress a conduct case from the point of assessing the conduct to getting somebody to a hearing, and that is probably in the best of circumstances.