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Local authorities could reasonably be asked to set targets for their local transport strategy and for regional transport strategies, but I think that that could be done only if the Executive came in as a partner and set comparable targets for its part of the network.
Does Jean Turner agree that that represents good progress compared to what happened when the Conservatives were in power, when we had 19,000 new managers in post and 25,000 fewer nurses in post?
Should we continue the current practice, as outlined in paragraph 5—MSPs write to, e-mail, telephone or visit the clerks' office—or should we require members to submit changes on a standardised form?
For example, there could be more analysis of recruitment and retention, to put in place a comparative baseline for the future. I thank the team from Audit Scotland for giving us a briefing on the report.
As members will know, the First Minister visited the region on Monday and took the opportunity to meet with Norma Hart, the chief executive of Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board, and Norma Findlay.
Why has Aberdeen been denied a decent bypass over many years when just about every other comparable city in Europe has one? We have perhaps been a bit slow in pressing our case, but that has not been so in recent times.