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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
I will be very brief. Can you define what you mean by “mineral grassland”? Are you talking about grassland that is on arable land on, say, a four-year rotation?
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
Andrew Moir, what is your view?
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
Your customers are effectively deciding what you can use.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
I have a question for—I am sorry, I have forgotten your name.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
Jim, I will let you have the final word—very quickly, please. Of course, I say that with fondness.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Jim Fairlie
Jim Walker, I will come to you, but with a slightly different question. I know how frustrated you are, but please do not use up all the time.
What would be the minimum number of cows to give us a critical mass in order to keep the suckler herd viable?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Jim Fairlie
I am curious about some of the evidence that I have heard today. At the start, you said that your members are not being inundated with people presenting with long Covid. I think that it was Amy Small who said that that was because people have stopped coming because they are not being listened to.
Jane-Claire Judson is saying that she wants her organisation to be inundated with people who have long Covid. GPs are being inundated generally. Why is the situation not being co-ordinated better? Is it because her organisation is in the third sector? Does the NHS not work closely with her third sector organisation? Clearly, we have a huge problem. Is it because GPs are under so much pressure? Are you not getting the time to think about how to do things differently?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Jim Fairlie
Thank you.
Lorraine Crothers, would you like to come in?
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Jim Fairlie
Okay. It seems to me that youse all need to learn how to work out what all the bloody terms mean. STIMULATE-ICP—does everybody know what that is? Anyway. I am sorry. Janis, I think that you wanted to come in.
COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Jim Fairlie
Dr Shackles, I will come to you first. There has been a lot of talk about workforce pressures. What impact have they had on establishing and delivering the services that people with long Covid need, and what action can be taken to assist NHS boards to fill the specific posts that are required to deal with long Covid?