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Obviously any additional meetings would clash, but I would just have to live with that. Indeed. We will juggle things as best we can. Although I hope that we will not have to have too many additional meetings, they cannot be ruled out.Do members agree to my suggestion?
Members of the judiciary are, in any event, non-compellable witnesses—an informal chat is the only way in which we would achieve a meeting. It would be in all our best interests to work out how the court sees our role and what we could do to interact better.
We are also working to build links between services best to meet patients' needs. There are 40,000 people in Scotland who suffer from epilepsy, but epilepsy is mentioned in the health improvement plans of only two health boards.
We are also ensuring that those resources are being used properly and effectively by putting in place strategies, such as the acute services review, to provide the best possible services for patients across Scotland.
The SNP has lodged what can only be described as an opportunist motion—an attempt to raise a subject that is not within devolved control and to exploit it to the best of its ability. I suppose that it is entitled to do so if it sees fit.
The figures show that, at times, current traffic levels are very near the capacity of the roads and junctions. I can best answer your question by explaining the council's approach to major activity of this kind.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the tendering processes that were used to ensure the best value in the production of Making it Work Together: A Programme for Government.