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In some ways, decisions are made at a planning level and there is a need to pre-empt the licensing challenges that might come up further down the line.
Should direct payments continue? Forgive me for pre-empting the question. I am sorry—I should have let Roger Crofts answer Liam McArthur’s question first, so while the other witnesses think about their answer to John Scott’s question perhaps Roger can answer Liam’s.
Amendment 15, in the name of Rhoda Grant, is grouped with amendments 15A to 15C, 16, 5, 5A, 17, 7 and 18. I draw members’ attention to the pre-emption information in the groupings paper.
We should examine the partnership working that is going on, ensuring that the right signposting is in place from age zero—and from pre-birth, in fact.We use evidence that has been taken from our last child protection inspection.
We have no data to prove it, but that must be done to reduce the length of stay. In most areas, people will be pre-assessed and, where appropriate, they will be seen by an OT before they come into hospital.
If amendment 52 is agreed to, I cannot call amendment 53, because of pre-emption. Amendment 52 seeks to remove the power to charge crofters fees for regulatory applications.
We can provide, I suppose, a mixture of general pre-visit advice and more specific branding and communications advice on how to get the best from the Chinese side.
At a certain point, it was intended to try to consolidate crofting legislation. We are thinking more about pre-consolidation issues, rather than the substantive issues that people might have in their heads.