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All members have taken the issue seriously; certain members take it very seriously indeed, but we are getting to the point at which we have not much more time.We can send a letter to the minister to note that we would like to take up his response to question 14, where he states that guidelines might be developed by SIGN.
For three years, we have had the Government spinning on the economy—we have had another example of it from the First Minister today—but a bad economic performance is getting worse. Can the First Minister explain to Parliament why a country with such potential is falling so far behind?
All we can do is provide pointers to directions that might be taken rather than evaluate what option is the best, as we are not competent to do that. If we were to get that competence, it would take a lot longer to get the report done.
This is a good piece of research— The trusts did not get the money. They would get the money only on the condition that they made other money available.
Instead, in the months and years ahead, they should get behind the expert group, its report and the action that is required on research and services to ensure that we rebuild confidence in the health service's vaccination programme.
I am interested in the Routes out of Prostitution project and I have spoken to Elaine Smith about it before. When this kind of project gets funding, whether from the lottery or from a local authority, there is a hoo-hah and the papers get involved and all the rest of it.
The first priority is to make sure that we get the matter put right. We must get the system in good order and in a situation in which we can tell parents, pupils and teachers that there will be no repeat of the difficulties that we have seen in the past few months.