Liberal Democrat MSP Alison MacInnes said the targets did not come up to scratch and were disappointing.

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Ms Macdonald called on the government to accept that while it had "made a brave effort" the bill had not "come up to scratch".

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Sceptics suggested that, as it was staffed predominantly by people who worked in the NHS, it would not be sufficiently critical when care did not come up to scratch.

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David Blunkett, the education secretary, has horrified local education authorities by saying that he is prepared to allow private firms to take over their work if they fail to come up to scratch.

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You have to come up with something from scratch.

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