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Section 24 agreed to. Section 25 agreed to. Section 26—Duty of undertaker to notify completion of road works: form and procedure Amendment 145 not moved.
Even though, historically, it probably took only 26 minutes, the fact is that now the journey is 25 minutes long, plus or minus two minutes, whereas before it was 26 minutes, plus up to half an hour more.
That was brought home to me last Friday when I visited a school in Aberdeen. Groups of children had to give a presentation on an issue and one little boy—he was in primary 6—talked about midwifery services.
I congratulate John Purvis on his excellent efforts. That is noted. When we visited Brussels earlier this year, we heard much about joint European support for sustainable investment in city areas and joint European resources for micro to medium enterprises, both of which initiatives are likely to be introduced in the not-too-distant future.
The minister will be aware that 130 new referrals were made during the Kilmarnock visit. Of those, 92 were from areas of East Ayrshire that do not have community wardens, including areas in the constituency of the Minister for Justice.
Whatever he may say, I think that he should take time to visit some of the much-valued services in our community and to speak to the professionals involved in delivering those services, as I, Rhona Brankin and others have done.
As was discussed last week, one day will focus on the Commission's work priorities and a number of relevant subjects within that, and the second part of the visit will focus on the representation of Scotland in Europe and on the European Parliament.
Given that the area that is covered, Lochaber, is larger than the Lothians, will the minister make interim arrangements for locum visiting dentists or persuade the existing practices to review the refusal to take on new patients?