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Given that this is a very specific and direct case, I suggest that, if we do not close the petition today, we at the very least agree a future date for coming to a decision on what we recommend next, to give the committee closure in this parliamentary session.
I note from the meeting papers that the Scottish Government’s concerns included the UK secretary’s power to appoint the chair and first chief executive officer for ARIA and the possibility of other appointments by the UK Government at future dates that would change the dynamic within ARIA.
As I stated, we have by some way surpassed the target that we had; we thought that we would manage to train 500,000 people but, to date, more than 640,790 people have been equipped with CPR skills by the Save a Life for Scotland partners.
The advice from that discussion and from the Auditor General has been taken on board, and I have ensured that, in the operation of the ministerial task force to date, we have been following the recommended principles and practice, which were set out by the director general in her evidence.
Proposed change
The Committee proposes that the 2002 Act be amended to remove the admissibility requirement (at section 6(5)(e), set out below) that a complaint be made within one year from the date when the complainer could reasonably have become aware of the conduct complained about.
I will bring in Professor Chris Goodier and then Martin Liddell. Apart from when we are in a recession, the construction industry nearly always has a capacity issue with having enough qualified people in the right place to deliver.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13847 by Paul Wheelhouse on 24 January 2018, by what date the SEPA investigation will be (a) completed and (b) published.