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We would encourage you to consider best value, which was mentioned by both Charlie Gordon and Willie Coffey, and how best that can be approached, notwithstanding some of the issues that you have raised.
Other members in this Parliament must also decide whether to fight for a fair deal for their area or the best deal. If they fight for the best deal, they will rob vulnerable people elsewhere in the country of money that they also need.
I move on—Interruption. Order. In the debate, the best exemplar of the new politics was the speech from Sarah Boyack, who brought some real substance to the debate.