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Hardly a week goes by without that roundabout being mentioned. I am sure that Mr Adam may wish to refer to the detailed reply that I gave Richard Baker last week.
After working its way through the system in Parliament, the petition was closed in May this year. Since then, the bypass committee has been extremely busy prosecuting its case and taking it forward.
That does not augur well for a minister who says that he is trying to run the public services. The minister may be able to roll up that issue in his statement and cast some light on it.
John Swinney made a separate point that implied that the Executive has been slow to respond; I am happy to respond to specific questions.We have inherited a system that may be cumbersome. We are considering how the 2003 act relates to the planning framework and how we can speed the process.
I expect that that will be the case, just as it is with NHS Lanarkshire, as patients in Lanarkshire may use hospital facilities that are outwith the area.
Judging from Jim Mather's question, the approach taken by the SNP reveals a different attitude, which is not appropriate in the current circumstances. I call Christine May, to be followed by Jamie Stone. On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
John came to the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme through the new start project. While there may be a misconception that the scheme is for middle-class children, the new start project demonstrates clearly that it is for all Scottish young people, regardless of their class or wealth.
We could at least write to that committee with the results of our legal briefing and suggest that it may want to consider the issue again.I, for one, am totally against abandoning the petition.
We have just started the consultation process, and this is when we get the chance to put forward those arguments. The community recognises that we may well need to have a plan B; so, here we are today, trying to get as much support for it as we can.