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I support and congratulate Minerva on its continued work with apprentices in Dumfries and Galloway and I once again thank Elaine Murray for lodging a motion to highlight its success.Meeting closed at 17:26.
It is a pity that there are not at least 10 more members present and that we do not have seven minutes each. 17:26 I start on a personal note by wishing Ian Macpherson all the best after his recent operation.
I am also the mother of a son who had to have a liver transplant a number of years ago; I think that about 26 or 27 pints of blood had to be administered during the operation, which is way over blood volume.
In some cases, there was a pro forma with a tick from somebody in human resources who had completed and signed it, and we raised any queries with them. Paragraph 26 of the report is even more worrying.
We would be grateful to have further written evidence along the lines that Mr Pattison undertook to provide.The committee will move into private for the remaining agenda items.11:57 Meeting continued in private until 13:26.
The scope is not huge, but if it was an absolute must, I would suggest finding ways to transfer resources to protect capital spending, notably in social housing.