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From that discussion, it was clear to me that everyone is united in wanting to achieve the best outcomes for communities and for those in housing need.
Getting that right within and outwith the legislation is absolutely key.During the past two years, the Scottish Government has had extensive discussions with stakeholders about how best to reflect locality arrangements in the legislation.
Are we worse or better than our neighbours? Is Scotland doing the best that it can? Do we have examples that we can offer other nations in our response?
I am saying that the SNP Government needs to consider the best return and so far—there is some evidence to support this—capital is the best way of investing because that gets the best return.
I do not think that we will tackle it unless we use the primary care system, which is the best system that we have. It is the best system in the world, with its registrations, its database and the information that is held.
Nevertheless, we are all duty bound, as Lynn Brown, George Black and others indicated, to ensure that public funds are used to best effect, so thank you for your information in that regard.
Previous conversations with my local police inspector lead me to believe that his best policeman is the rain. We know how much weekend weather affects crime rates.
Both systems have all the problems that can be expected from a situation in which there is multiple access to a common resource and everyone wants to get the best deal for themselves. There is a full circle.