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I have asked the deputy minister to meet me with his officials after the recess to discuss the paper in full so that we can progress from the damaging blanket-ban approach that the Executive is pursuing.
We want it to be done when the committee's remit to consider financial memorandums is given to subject committees after the summer recess. Paragraph 60 is on the running down of district courts, which has an implication for local authorities.
This raises questions around the adequacy of resource borrowing limits for forecast error as currently set out in the fiscal framework.
The Scottish Government has to date used the National Loans Fund (NFL) for its borrowing.
Waste and recycling targets and progress to date
Current key Scottish Government targets in relation to waste and recycling are:
To recycle 70% of all waste by 2025.
Those placing requests can be made once the previous school commencement date has passed, but not before. The school commencement date is the August before the date on which the children would be entitled to start school.
Will you give me guidance on what procedure would require to be followed to allow the Executive to make a statement before the recess? Have you received a request from the Executive to make such a statement today?
Welcome to this morning's meeting of the Health and Community Care Committee. I hope that everyone had a good recess. We have received apologies from Janis Hughes.I suggest that the committee consider in private item 4 on our agenda, on cancer services.
That problem will become more acute over the recess, which leads me to suggest that we should do what we did with the earlier petition and send PE756 to the Executive to ask for a response before sending it to the Health Committee.