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At the moment, I understand that we are talking about a date that is likely to be closer to the autumn than April, but we were not concerned about the reasons for the slippage.
The first of those things was equipment: the technology had to be improved because it was very out of date. Secondly, it was recognised that there had to be a common approach—Mr MacGregor raised that point—because different approaches were being taken in different parts of the country.
Auditor General, the set-aside provisions in the 2014 act are absolutely crucial to the success of integration but, as you say in paragraphs 19 to 21 of your report, this is one part of the act that is not being implemented, despite the fact that the act has been in place now for four years and the official start date for integration is getting on for three...
Are you saying that it could be considered at a later date? That is correct. No particular decision has been made in that regard, and I would expect some consultation or engagement to happen before a direction was issued.
I emphasise that there has been a lot of interest in looking at our experiences to date. Of course, it is still relatively early days in Wales, as it is only three years since full implementation of our act.
You can think of other examples for all the other committees, but the new process allows that step back rather than the whistle being blown at the end of November with a hard stop date in February, which is where we have all been so far.
I am not sure whether that guidance is fully up to date and takes account of the various arrangements that exist in allocating social housing, such as choice-based lettings.
It knows that a percentage of the damages are presently going to solicitors, and we have not had any inflation of claims to date. I do not think that damages-based agreements will result in a significant rise in claims.
In West Kilbride, adequate locum coverage is available until the end of November, but there are gaps in the December rota and, to date, no detail has been provided as to what will happen next year or, indeed, beyond.
However, its implementation track record has not been great to date. I have lost track of the number of project managers around Europe whom I have talked to who have been tearing their hair out and crying into their beer over how long and how much it has taken to implement the ERTMS.