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Like the Justice Committee, I welcome the commitment by the Solicitor General for Scotland to produce a charter for families. That will provide clarity regarding what information the bereaved family will be provided with at the different stages of a death investigation and how and when that information will be communicated to them by the Crown Office.
Because we have the power in relation to taxis, we have an external survey produced from time to time, and we boost that evidence on a voluntary basis with taxi stance observations by our civic enforcement officer.
If the Smith commission can get through an enormous amount of work and produce its substantial report in 10 weeks, that makes me wonder why the council tax consultation will not be set up until early in the new year and will not report until next autumn, almost a full year from now.
With an anticipated £0.5 billion cut to the health budget, what is the priority health plan? Are the merged colleges producing what local economies and communities need?
I think that Patrick Harvie was eloquent, as ever, although I disagreed with the points that he made.I again thank Lord Carloway for his comprehensive report, which took him approximately a year to produce. I am grateful for all his efforts and studies.
There are also plans to use hydrogen to fuel the heat and power. That will be produced by offshore wind—in somewhat controversial circumstances, as some of you will know.We are hoping to do two things—to make a big impact on people’s budgets and to make an impact on European policy.
When the consultation response was produced, we saw tables showing the number of witnesses who would be affected, the number of witnesses who would have to travel more than 10 miles and those who would have to travel less than 10 miles.
On the contrary, it is interesting and profound.I congratulate the Finance Committee on producing an excellent report. It is concise and readable but covers all the important points.