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There is good reason, certainly in my area, for why we need divergence, but we must make sure that we get it right. It is more important to get it right than to get it fast, so it has to be done properly.
That is great and it is creating a hive of activity around it. However, to meet the scale of need, we all need to get real and get with what people are pledging to invest.
You said in your opening statement that the spend on social welfare provisions in Scotland is £1.1 billion more than what we get in comparable Barnett consequentials from the United Kingdom Government.
The Government rightly supports the presumption of mainstreaming. When we get education right for pupils with ASN, we get it right for the vast majority of pupils.
We have to cut through the political fog, because, when all is said and done, the people of Scotland are not getting the healthcare that they should be getting.
General capacity and availability issues were also noted: some said it took too long to get an appointment with another practitioner, while others noted the difficulty in getting any GP appointment at their local practice.
This would be more straightforward to achieve, if the Scottish Government was to manage all contractual activity in Scotland, incorporating Openreach’s Project Gigabit activity alongside R100.
For example: • 'Long-term' means at least 12 months. • 'Substantial' means "more than minor or trivial" (section 212 (1)). • Normal day-to-day activities - this is not defined in the Act.