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Bearing that in mind, is the minister prepared to meet me, my colleagues Mary Mulligan and Karen Whitefield, and officials of the relevant local councils, as was requested in a recent letter from Mary Mulligan?
Under agenda item 3, we must deal with the emergency instrument, which is subject to the affirmative procedure. I welcome Mary Mulligan, who is with us in her capacity as the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care.
We do not need to take oral evidence just because an oral evidence session is in the diary. Mary Mulligan has asked some of the questions that I was going to ask.
One issue that is driving us in considering the need for a single agency is ensuring that different parts of services that support prisoners come together to work better and much more efficiently. Mary Scanlon can be assured that we take the matter seriously and that we are determined to improve things.