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If it is obvious that there will be a logjam, we should build in the flexibility to be able to have an extra chamber day. We have done something similar before, but we are terribly cautious about it.
Deputy Presiding Officer, on the question of whether extra prisons will be required, I know that you have asked me about a specific concern that you have about your area.
I suggest that there should be an extra page for more signatories. You would have a signing page for a standard family, with two parents and two children.
People who live in small towns in my constituency where dentists have given up NHS dentistry have to travel an extra 30 or 40 miles to access treatment.
In paragraph 10 of its report, the committee acknowledges the injection of "an extra £30 million just before the end of last financial year".You referred to the purpose of the allocation of that money at a previous meeting.
We need to take up what is available today rather than creating major extra expenditure. Some of our organisations have been working with local economic forums.
However, the money has been distributed in such a way that it is hard to know how many extra people we have. We have—and will continue to have—a great number of volunteer advisers, and we will continue to provide money advice outwith the scheme.