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Although I can understand that laudable view, the fact is that the modelling on cost effectiveness is dated and does not, for example, include the latest types of cancers.
The front page of the update says that recommendations have been made about the A9. The contract completion date remains the same, but the Government has brought forward the starting date by two years.
Just yesterday, I wrote to the UK Government to ask it to decarbonise its estates and operations in Scotland in time to allow our net zero date of 2045 to be met, rather than its target date of 2050.
Perhaps Rhoda Grant has had discussions with the company, on which she can bring us up to date, but I am not aware that the company is being deterred by the EPS.
I tell Drew that one thing that I managed to do over the October recess was not only to sign up to the BHF call myself but to get the First Minister to do so.
That is another area that we should look at even in the first year.The same principle applies to bonus points, which are separate from distinction awards, as I made clear in the chamber before the recess in my question to the First Minister.