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Unless we skip some stages, it will not be possible to get that issue into the bill. The result of the consultation will come quite soon; however, it is better to do it properly than to hurry it, to get it into the legislation.
Accepting amendment 9 would send out a strong message to health boards that failure to fulfil their duty to patients would empower the patient to use the law to get what they should be getting from the health board in their area.
In respect of the Sanquhar situation and the Newcastleton one, which was the instigator for PE749, the sewage sludge activity has stopped because of public pressure in the area.
The new proposal does not exclude us from any activity of that kind. It might have an impact if we decide during our inquiry that we need to commission external research.
The knock-on effect of changing the criteria is a reduction in the number of prisoners going through the system. If we cannot get prisoners out of Shotts to Dungavel, how can Dungavel get them to open conditions?