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In relation to your comment about the GDP per capita figures, it might be the case that they are not the same if relative household incomes are taken into account. It is necessary to net out the mineral resources wealth.
Either the case is removed from the Land Court and it pops into section 73, or it remains in the Land Court, which has discretion to take account of the whole circumstances and can decide when it would be reasonable for the landlord to recover vacant possession.
We turned that round in six weeks, and our money stayed in our lawyer’s account for that period, but nine months later we are still waiting for the funds to be transferred.
In fact, there is even the opportunity for anonymous entries in the register, although I am not sure whether the provisions or the criteria for anonymity take account of children who may be in care establishments or foster placements.
Our comment on the mental health strategy was that it did not take enough account of that. If we are going to beef up resources, we need to put the money into community-based—and probably voluntary sector—resources.
We have to get into perspective where we are with many of the indicators, taking into account the nature of the language that we use about whether we are ambitious or whether things are being sidelined.
It is really hard, but somebody has tae stand up and take account for that. They are throwing money at anything and everything, but there are so many people suffering from chronic pain.
I am satisfied that there is enough flexibility in the system to allow particular situations and circumstances of an individual school pupil to be taken into account. There are adequate arrangements in place, so I support closing the petition.