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Regardless of what he says in his response, there will be many issues for us to ask him about. Although we do not want to hold an inquiry, a one-off meeting on this important subject is merited, given that we have responsibility for it.
I understand absolutely the concerns that exist in many parts of Scotland about the role of local hospitals in the 21st century and the way in which change can impact on local communities.
My experience of making a complaint is that the process is not easy. I have many comments to make on the trouble-shooting scheme, one of which is about the availability of the scheme; some of my constituents were not made aware of the existence of the scheme.
That can happen in tandem with the authorities, which can help individuals to access support.The petitioner has a point. Many people go to karate and judo. My researcher has been to karate; his name is Dan Wynn, but he has a dan in karate.
I take it that we are talking about visits of the whole committee, or as many of the committee as possible. Usually, the arrangement is that everyone can go if they want.
On balance, that would be a bad thing, although I agree that we could examine too many issues. You could argue, for any committee, that if there were two they would be able to do more work.