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I take Gordon Jackson's point: we do not want to run the risk of not getting an answer and of being slapped down because the matter is none of our business.
What happened this morning underlined the fact that there is a general problem with the parliamentary process. I do not feel that members get sufficient time to look into matters.
We heard from John Scott that it can take 50 hours for a GP to get round a home for frail people. Could we include a question about the possible effects that there might already have been this winter on that important flu programme?
I am very grateful for the work that the minister and his civil servants have done to get section 1 to the stage at which it should have been when the bill was introduced.
I agree with Ken Macintosh that the test should be one of reasonableness and common sense. I get the impression from members that they want to stick with the current rules rather than change them.