Quoting evidence received by the committee about my part of Scotland—Edinburgh—he said:"‘Edinburgh city social work department has stopped assessing people for care services'—all people, not just the elderly—‘and has a waiting list of 1,372 people . . . admissions to residential homes have been frozen.'"—Official Report, House of Commons, 26 February 1997; Vol 291, c 290.We should have a sense of perspective in the debate.