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We are giving evidence largely because of the fact that eating disorders are killing the young people of Scotland—up to 20 per cent of those who have an eating disorder may die. I am delighted that we are now becoming aware of that fact and that we are getting together to see how best to reverse that.
I welcome the minister's concluding remarks, which show why the ending of the Airborne Initiative was shameful and its restoration is imperative—a future Scottish National Party Administration will restore it.
Timing does not have anything to do with it. The SSPCA microchips at the point of sale because there is no point in our microchipping dogs until we have an owner.
I will give a full response to that point, which I have factored into my speech.The concerns of David Bell have particular resonance and deserve a better solution.
The bigger question that I suggest is pertinent is this: what are we getting for the £26 billion-odd relative to what we got for the £16 billion or whatever it was back in 1999?
I think all GPs would argue that they are hard-pressed. We are talking about general practices that have the resources to restructure the working environment to allow them to co-operate in data collection.