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It was necessary to introduce voting to get the directives through the Council of Ministers, because the organisation had been stuck for years on the need for unanimity.
It was necessary to introduce voting to get the directives through the Council of Ministers, because the organisation had been stuck for years on the need for unanimity.
Who makes those decisions and how do we get at the decision maker? Points are bandied backwards and forwards, but how does the Executive decide when we are right?
Quite reasonably, he said that he could not get into issues of patient confidentiality, and that there must be some form of hearing in the village of Blairingone.
Will it be for individual members to bring the issue to the committee or for the clerks to mention it in passing? Will we, as at present, get a copy of the bill and have an item on the agenda?