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I know that, for example, a lot of the cancer services that the question refers to are delivered at the Vale of Leven hospital.As I said, when patients have to travel, they will get an ambulance if that is clinically required.
Alasdair Morgan's point is that there is nowhere that people can easily get such information. Yes. Surely people should be able to find out from somewhere—and for nothing—the dates from which legislation applies, if ignorance of the law is meant not to be an excuse.
We usually give members the opportunity to ask questions of the minister before he moves the motion. It is getting late and I suspect that members do not want to ask too many questions.
There is no reason why we cannot consider getting out and about. I echo the point that Nanette Milne made about people living outwith the central belt.
However, given the recent performance of trains on the west coast main line, we should not be particularly surprised by the company's decision. The key issue is to get the line upgraded to ensure that it can carry more freight and passengers more quickly.
We have had a heavy work load of reading and a heavy committee meeting this week and there have been a lot of important debates in the Parliament, so there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes work to get through. The paper is good and detailed but it cannot have been the most interesting paper to put together.