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On a separate issue with regard to exports, the report quotes some balance of payments current account numbers. The UK is at about -5 per cent of GDP on its current account, give or take a bit.
Paragraphs 4 to 7 of Rule 13.8 shall apply also to this Rule. 7th Edition, 11 May 2026 Chapter 14 Laying and Publication of Documents Rule 14.1 Laying of Reports and Other Documents 1.
The bill introduces an important distinction between lay and professional trustees. I believe that it is important that trustees who are appointed in their professional capacity are held to a different and higher standard than lay trustees.
With public accountability, there is an intermediary. We can hold ministers to account in Parliament, but we cannot hold health boards directly accountable.
I am wrong, and I thank James Dornan for correcting me.Does the committee agree to find the Scottish Government’s explanation for the failure to lay the instrument as required to be acceptable?
Mike McKirdy’s comprehensive report lays bare the consequences of the lack of delivery in our NHS after almost two decades of Scottish National Party spin.