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The development of that situation has a long history. We have established a nurse bank for the whole of Lanarkshire and, within the next month, a senior member of staff who will have overall responsibility for that will be appointed.
The initial four-month time limit—starting from the date of death of the crofter—for giving notice must be adhered to unless the legatee is prevented from doing so by some "unavoidable cause", in which case there will be a further six months in which to do so.
We will ask COSLA to provide us with information on how question time is used in local authorities.To date, we have received no further written evidence.