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Moreover, an element of the £26 million health promotion fund which I announced on 20 August will be used for a major education drive to cut teenage smoking.
Paul Martin made the point that current operating hours under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 permit someone in Edinburgh or Glasgow to buy alcohol 24 hours a day. Among my visits to hostelries in Edinburgh, I have visited the Scotsman bar in the High Street.
In another local authority, people will sit down, say that they will change the provider of a particular service, and will introduce the new service provider to the family, child or young person.
As Michael Proctor has indicated, there might be information from employers, regulatory bodies and other such organisations, which can refer someone to what will be the new barring unit for consideration for listing.
The south-west Scotland CJA project that I mentioned is a new project. It will be evaluated, but the preliminary results are extremely encouraging.One requirement on community justice authorities is to promote and share best practice within and across CJAs.
The minutes will give members the complete picture and allow them to decide how to respond to Hugh Henry's letter of 26 January. Do members agree on that course of action?
In the enterprise company, the amount of discretionary assistance is sometimes not as large as I would like. If we can find new ideas and new ways of doing things, we will look for and find the new ways of funding them.