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Patient transport is an issue that MSPs raise regularly. I have visited your call centre in South Queensferry and have also seen NHS Lothian’s patient flow centre, which I think is making a big difference—I know that other health boards are looking to replicate it.
Not that we can evidence. I have spoken to MSPs individually about this. I know that it would not change average speeds much, but it might bring down top-end speeds; I have not really seen evidence of that either, but I have heard the argument and it is possible.
It is not an economic thing—10p is neither here nor there on an MSP’s salary, to be blunt. The tiny thing of a charge for bags has genuinely changed behaviour.
I am sorry that some members were not able to come to the briefing, although that in itself was too short for MSPs. Thank you. I thank all members and the Solicitor General.
A theme that was raised with me when I was a local councillor—and which has been raised with me again now that I am an MSP—is that very small businesses with perhaps one or two people need the capacity to train staff, engage in social media and be involved in marketing.
For the record, the two procedures—affirmative and negative—allow for different levels of scrutiny by MSPs. It is in the Government’s gift to decide which procedure to use.