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I apologise, cabinet secretary, but I have been told that the first amendment should be amendment 17. I will suspend the meeting to get that sorted out. 11:21 Meeting suspended. 11:26 On resuming— I invite the cabinet secretary to come back in.
The issue is not a party-political one, nor does it affect any one party more than others. It crosses society. Getting it wrong causes reputational damage, and we have a duty to get it right.
However, recent surveys that have been led by Bliss show, unfortunately, that too many neonatal nurses are not getting the protected time that they need for training and professional development.
We have not done a formal evaluation, but we do not think that we are getting the take-up that we had hoped to get, so we want to try to fashion something that has more impact.