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Otherwise, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and local authorities themselves will get irate. Yes, but we are also entitled to get angry because we were not consulted.
It was waiting for the committee's recommendations in the inquiry report, but it can get up and running now and be taken forward at official level, if members are content.
That is an invitation to committee members to think, do some more reading and send in some stuff if they want. Some people get excited about having more or fewer ombudspersons, commissioners and suchlike, and about how independent is independent.
It seems to me that we are doing well overall, but I would like to know how we compare to other countries in Europe. Is there any way we can get those figures? There is a table— Is there?
Will she do something about that now? I am getting a bit worried, Presiding Officer: that is twice in one day that Phil Gallie has—I think—tried to be complimentary to me.
However, the petition will have been worth while even if it does nothing but highlight the lack of joined-up thinking between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Executive on efforts to get people into therapeutic work. What you said is right.