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I indicated earlier that the SNP is inclined to support the Sewel motion in this case because there is a transfer of powers, albeit a modest transfer of powers that are largely technical in nature.
That has contributed to early time pressures in the courts.Problems have also resulted from failures to transfer information effectively from one agency to another.
The only cases of which I am aware are those where there is not clarity. I do not agree with paragraph 26 of the draft report. We did not hear evidence on the issue.
As you may have picked up from the budget documents, we have transferred some of the spending from one part of the budget to another for special needs—it is a direct administrative transfer, so there is no reduction in funding.
I declare that I am a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, although I am not a practising general practitioner.Further resources are to be transferred into local authorities and there is a suggestion that 100 per cent should be transferred from now on.