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That position would be fine if it were not belied by the facts. The problem is getting worse. The ludicrous targets policy on exclusion is still in existence.
Of course there will be changes in the North sea fisheries, but we have to ensure that, in the final decisions that are made, the unacceptable closure or anything getting close to closure of the North sea fishery does not happen tonight or tomorrow.
Some of those people are extremely frail and suffered a wet day in Edinburgh. We must get a grasp of the situation. At our meeting, the minister did not speak with the benefit of knowing what the people who gave evidence said.
The papers contain the advice that those people are receiving in order to judge what the Government is bringing to the party. I am trying to get the Deputy First Minister to spell out clearly what the deal means to the public.
He does not actually repeat that the health department will develop"systems of reporting to ensure transparency".It would be quite useful to find out how the health department is getting on with that. After all, we asked it not just to look into or monitor the matter, but to develop a system that regularly does so.
The content of ministerial answers is not a matter for the chair. Well, how do we get any redress? Order. It is a point of argument; it is not a point of order for me in the chair.
I wonder whether the clerk, wearing his other hat, might co-ordinate that research if we ever get that far. Members of the Norwegian audit committee visited four of us in the first year of the Parliament.
That force is allowing people to move from one job to another and is allowing the Executive to set incredibly ambitious targets—in cases such as Motorola—of 90-plus per cent of the work force getting back into work or training within a year of the closure.