The cabinet secretary did everything but answer my question. Frankly, I find the response extraordinary. The evidence is there in black and white: there is no getting away from the fact that people died as a result of this Government’s incompetence. Senior Government ministers chose not to have the new hospital inspected, which had deadly consequences.

Shona Robison told the committee:

“The new hospital’s facilities are second to none and state of the art, and all the processes and procedures will be tested before staff and patients migrate to the site from April onwards.”—[Official Report, Health and Sport Committee, 24 February 2015; c 30.]

Given what we know now, does the cabinet secretary agree that she did not tell the truth and that the Government now stands accused of criminal negligence?