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Objections have been made to the scheme, which the Council are still attemping to resolve.The question of completion dates, and commencement of construction, is for the councils concerned and not for the Scottish Executive.
The difficulty for such critics is that the statistics that they use to try to debunk the £8.5 billion figure date from as far back as 2000, six years ago.
I am particularly pleased that a housing bill is to be brought forward at a later date, as both we and the SNP criticised the Executive for the absence of such a proposal in its legislative programme.
The officer who gave evidence on behalf of Glasgow City Council highlighted the difficulties that were caused for the council in contacting people whom it would have wanted to consult and because there was no time —as the council was in recess—for a report to be prepared and go through the committee structures.
By the time the Parliament meets again after the recess, one of the biggest international events in Scotland since devolution will have begun here in Edinburgh.
So the Executive lodged a bill on 8 October, which allowed at most two months of discussions. The recess fell after 8 October and the bureau did not meet to set the timetable for consideration of this bill until after then.
If there was adverse weather and contractors had to go off site, a project could run on beyond the completion date, with financial implications for the bigger project.
Because those centres are able to concentrate on elective procedures, they are not affected by emergency demands. To date, the 20 centres in the NHS in England appear to be working well—indeed, another 25 are planned.