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—Official Report, Public Petitions Committee, 26 February 2002; c 1679.Professor Houston has written to say:"I would like to make it clear that this statement is completely untrue.
At the same time, warnings were sent to learning providers.On 26 October, the English and Northern Irish gave six weeks' notice of the closure of their schemes, to take effect from 7 December.
Various people—including the British Medical Association and the committee—responded to the first Arbuthnott report by saying that no recognition had been taken of the 26 inhabited islands in Argyll and Bute.When the second Arbuthnott report was produced, Argyll and Clyde Health Board got nothing in comparison with the Highlands, which benefitted greatly.
When the business community sees that percentage of the budget being allocated to administration of the enterprise network, its reaction is one of incredulity. I do not apologise for raising the point again, because it is important.
I thank the minister for his response, particularly on the point about financial assistance, which is of considerable reassurance. I will not press amendments 26 and 29. Amendment 26, by agreement, withdrawn.
Paragraph 25 mentions the number of petitions with which we have dealt. Paragraph 26 details some of the different approaches that we have taken to dealing with petitions.