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PE1098 is by Lynn Merrifield, and seeks to ensure the provision of three-point seat belts for every school child passenger on school buses and to ensure that, as part of a best-value regime, local authorities have proper regard to such safety requirements.
We heard from industry representatives that although they had the best, world-class postgraduates and researchers, they were missing technicians for business development—they were struggling to get them.
It is only right and proper that we should review that to ensure that we get the best value for those who are living in fuel poverty.It would not be right for any Government to say that it should carry on providing a scheme if the research shows that the benefits are not there in that scheme.
You have said that you will do your best to indicate any significant changes in the paperwork for the budget, and that will be extremely helpful as a starting point.However, we also highlighted one or two other issues such as the fee strategy that Derek Brownlee has mentioned and the various capital projects.
Although we have moved away from clinicians making decisions that they believed were in patients’ best interests and have instead put patients at the heart of that decision making, we need to go further.
As politicians, working together with survivors and charities, we should, with every fibre of our being, do our best and do it together. 17:21 Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak in tonight’s debate, Presiding Officer.