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Amendment 3 is a minor amendment that removes the current disapplication of regulation 26(9) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 at section 5(2)(b) of the bill, which relates to applications to register that are submitted by those aged under 16.
I also feel that a waiting time of 26 weeks to see a child and adolescent mental health professional is too long, especially as discovering a mental health problem quickly can sometimes allow it to be treated fully.My second and biggest concern about hospital is that nurses sometimes have no time to help patients.
The farmers among us will have to forgive the expression, but is the sheep-dip approach—where everyone gets dipped—appropriate in a situation where a local authority, for example, has a bad best-value report and it must have recurring reports?
Would that allow us to protect someone’s privacy while giving their nearest and dearest the opportunity to express a view and, if not to represent them, then to make clear what would be in their best interests?
Local authorities cannot borrow for that expenditure without the express permission of Scottish ministers, because the money would technically be revenue and not capital.
The principal blocks of health board and local authority expenditure were clearly expressed for a three-year period.I accept that there is an annual budget process and that there could well be changes, but such changes will be at the margin.
We are trying to reach agreement on the rural development programme, but concern was expressed last week about the possibility of a delay in the implementation of that.