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I draw members' attention to two questions that they may wish to address, however: first, whether to ask Victim Support Scotland whether it is content that recent improvements instigated by the Home Office and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority—the CICA—are sufficient.
I endorse Pauline McNeill's comments. Conservative members may laugh, but over the past three years an extra £1.8 billion has been invested in the NHS.
I presume that you want to do it in public and that you want to do it before we fall out. It may be as well to take the opportunity to do it now, if you wish.
We will not be deflected from our objective of transferring 18 million lorry miles from road to rail. As the member may know, we have upped that target in the past few months.
Will the minister's department work as closely as possible with other Government departments in order to ensure that a holistic approach—if I may use that word—is adopted? In the first round, community schools were chosen by local authorities.
As your objection relates to specific clauses of a UK bill, rather than to procedure, it is not a point of order, although the minister may wish to address it. On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
The aim of area waste plans is to agree the best practical environmental option for dealing with waste in each area. Some energy-from-waste facilities may be required, but those should be viewed only as part of a wider environmental programme.
My only worry about Richard Simpson's suggestion of naming the groups we will consult is that we may exclude somebody. In principle, I entirely agree with what he says.
On the large number of agencies involved, we are concerned—as everyone should be—that some cases may slip through the net. In 1998, we issued guidance on inter-agency co-operation, which was well received and is widely used.