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Douglas Kerr, Steven MacGregor and I are very happy do our best to answer any questions that the committee has, and, if required, we are also happy to follow things up in writing.
The Scottish Government continues to try to have the best possible engagement with the UK Government on that, which is not always the easiest thing to do.
(S6O-05074) The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has conducted a public consultation on its service delivery review to consider how its services should best be configured to ensure that firefighters are in the right place at the right time.
For example, we can use data to know who is best placed to be eligible for the Scottish child payment or the other payments that are available through Social Security Scotland.
As members will see, Mr Sweeney has lodged a submission that considers global best practice. He says that the best example of that comes from Melbourne city council.
The ombudsman also has a statutory duty to publish standardised complaints-handling procedures for the public sector and monitor and promote best practice in complaints handling.
As I said in my answer to Kenny Gibson, we brought those excessive profits and poor PFI deals to an end, and we introduced more affordable schemes so that we can utilise resources in the best way as we invest in our infrastructure.
Work is on-going to establish how the £16 million that was announced in the Scottish budget, once it has been scrutinised by the Parliament, can be best used to maximise the number of patients who are able to benefit from thrombectomy.