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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.
In that connection, members should find a letter from the Scottish Executive attached to their papers; they should also have received in the interim a letter from Mr Sharp dated 14 January and a letter from Sylvia Jackson dated 15 January.
It seems unlikely that, in the deepest recesses of their hearts, members of Greater Glasgow Health Board would be happy to walk away from that sort of investment.
As I have said on a number of occasions, the summer timetable and summer recess have caused us some problems. I will speak to my colleagues in the Cabinet Office to see whether we can speed things up in future.
As I have said on a number of occasions, the summer timetable and summer recess have caused us some problems. I will speak to my colleagues in the Cabinet Office to see whether we can speed things up in future.
I suggest that you set a lengthy time scale for councils to reply, to give them the opportunity to decide their response to the Kerley report among their members. At the same time as we go into recess many councils effectively go into a summer recess.
Were information to be passed on no later than 12 months before an individual's school leaving date, as amendment 219 proposes, such information could be out of date and no longer relevant in many cases.