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We have juggled a lot at the end of the session to get things through so that committees do not need to have extra meetings and so that we can report to committees in time.
We should set such a date and work towards it.We are in serious danger of making our investigation or consultation so wide that we would not gain anything extra from the exercise—we might, instead, delay the process even further.
My point is that we have a fixed budget; the memorandum implies that extra expenditure will take place and I have no idea where the money will come from.
The largest vehicles, which weigh more than 32 tonnes and constitute approximately 20 per cent of the total, will incur an extra fuel cost of approximately £15 and an extra hour, which will cost about £30 to £35 per trip.
They used to go up to Orkney, Shetland, Lewis and Harris—especially to Lewis—to do extra training. We must stabilise the system and keep hospitals in those areas.
It is important—and it is acknowledged by the Executive amendment—that we take teachers with us in all those positive initiatives, which are partly to do with money but partly to do with extra places for nursery education and extra help in the primary school.