Cabinet (Meetings)

Part of First Minister's Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 13 September 2007.

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Photo of Nicol Stephen Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrat 12:00, 13 September 2007

Here we go again—another week and more confusion over the SNP's plans. The First Minister says yes to audiology today, but in a written answer last week, his Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing said no. She confirmed that audiology services do not fall within the 18-week target of the Scottish Government. Has the First Minister just made up a policy? Will that fresh guarantee run to other services such as chiropody and physiotherapy? What should we believe—his health minister's written answer to Parliament last week or his top-of-the-head reply today? Is he making it up as he goes along?