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The members of the task force worked very hard to produce a robust package of measures. The minister will know that I have pursued the issue of the level of improvement grants before.
On the proposed Borders railway, the Waverley railway partnership must produce, as I have said many times, a detailed plan, costings and a suggested funding package.
We have learned lessons about the committee's requirements in dealing with complicated instruments that are produced a long time after the original legislation.
As Dennis Canavan knows, there are procedures to deal with that. It is up to NHS Forth Valley to produce proposals for our agreement. It is important, as I am sure the Parliament agrees, to perform public consultation in new and more effective ways.
We have gone from a deeply flawed plan, which was vigorously opposed by key individuals and did not stand scrutiny by the committee, to a sensible plan that still reduces the number of quangos, but also produces more robust and sensible solutions.
A lot of work was put into it, a consultation document was produced with recommendations—I remember filling in my suggestions—and the whole topic appears to have vanished.
I was pleased to note that the research showed that the comprehensive system could produce very good results indeed. There were some lessons for us, too.
That association has expressed concerns and sent detailed information to the Public Petitions Committee, so we can produce papers about that organisation's views.As convener, I will write a letter to the association and copy it to the Public Petitions Committee.