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We should also write to East Lothian Council to ask it to justify the 17 per cent figure for Haddington, which seems to be out of line with what local people and local elected representatives are saying. Are members happy to follow the course of action that has been outlined?
Members have among their papers several documents that set out the current situation and some possibilities for follow-up action. This is the first time that the committee has attempted to do post-legislative scrutiny of an act, and we have received lots of feedback.
We heard from the care commission today about the crucial role that it plays and it is important that we hear from its representatives on the subject of the bill. Following our discussions today, I wonder whether it would be helpful to seek written evidence from those bodies, as is our normal practice.
We should not disregard what Helen Eadie is saying, as there is important work to be done following the evidence that the committee took in session 1; however, there is a specific issue about the technology that is being rolled out.
I am grateful for the Commission's press release, which offered pretty interesting background information, but Gordon Jackson hit the nail on the head when he said that it was rather one-sided. We have a duty to follow through and try to establish what the other side is.
In addition, we have a little bit longer on the NEBU stuff, which might be useful. Following on from that, given the importance of the written evidence, I think that it is important that we do not just get written evidence from the usual suspects.
It relates to a press story that emerged during the recess following publication on the web of the document "Core Departments' Resource Accounts", paragraph 48 of which revealed that nearly one third of bills due were not paid on time by the Executive—that is, within 30 days—despite assurances from civil servants.
At this stage, however, I am not minded to call anybody even to come and have a chat with us. I think that we should just follow Alex Neil's suggestion. The business exchange has made its intentions quite clear through the paper.
There has been a flurry of responses from the Executive in the past couple of hours, not only on this agenda item but on other items. Following our requests from previous meetings, we have had responses from Malcolm Chisholm and Ross Finnie.