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As we know, there are numerous examples throughout Scotland of plans that are markedly out of date. In my area, the current local plan dates from 1985.
Ideally, the meeting should take place after we have had a chance to consider the time-releasing savings, so we do not necessarily want to ask the minister to the first meeting after the recess; we probably want to meet him when the information is available and Arthur Midwinter has had an opportunity to go through it.
I will return to Parliament before the summer recess to set out more fully the Executive's thinking on how we should progress consideration of these issues.
Is the instrument therefore likely to come before this committee or the Health and Community Care Committee before the summer recess? It would be reasonable to speculate that such an instrument will appear.
The last time we had a debate on the budget process, we had the graveyard slot immediately before we broke up for the Christmas recess. This time, although it is not in a graveyard slot, the debate still has some of the atmosphere of the graveyard.
I am happy to write to Mr Swinney in the next few days to give him the dates on which we expect work on the junctions at Bankfoot and Ballinluig to start.I understand the points that have been made about the entire route, which is why the strategic projects review will provide an objective analysis of it.
The replacement of Garelochhead medical centre is essential. I know that the property is dated and not fit for purpose, which is not the vision that we have for the future of our health service here in Scotland.