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We can be of most help with small-claims cases, about which—as others have said—there is little point in getting legal advice, because people cannot get legal aid, even if they are eligible for it.
The trouble with negative instruments is that we do not get a chance to debate them. Very often their purpose is clear, but on this occasion the letter of clarification was helpful.
If so, it would be a total inequity to continue to have tolls on the Forth bridge, as it would then be the only tolled bridge in Scotland. We should get the petitioners' views on the responses.
The result is that many dentists will not get the new allowances, despite the fact that they treat children and exempt adult patients—our most vulnerable national health service patients.
The order should therefore be drafted in such a way that purchasers can get the information that they need. I gather that if we wrote to the lead committee explaining the difficulty, there would still be time for it to be rectified.
We could follow it through its formative stages and feed our views and concerns into the process. I think that the time to get in there is when the Commission publishes its white papers, rather than green papers, although I am not entirely sure.
I could spend time reporting regularly on interim targets or I could get on with the programme of work that I believe is vital if we are to deliver improvements.