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I can cite two areas in which local government will have a massively expanded role. Too often, we refer to new burdens, but new burdens can also be described as an expanded role.
I presume that it will continue to affect the potential costs to local authorities—if there are any—when the new system comes in and when the new contracts come into effect on 1 April.
MSPs are learning fast how to cope with new technology and we hope that, by the time we are in the new Parliament building, the media will be similarly comfortable with those developments and that we might in future be able to dispense with paper copies.
I move that we ask for additional written evidence and take no further oral evidence. I am struck by the new-found resistance to the taking of oral evidence since the new year.
I am a farrier. I have shod horses for 26 years. The job description of a farrier is that he is a person who is highly trained in the trimming and shoeing of horses.
Europe Familiarisation Scheme The final item on the agenda is the European Parliament study visit. In view of the parliamentary debate and what may happen thereafter in respect of committee membership, we should perhaps consider our nominee at a future meeting, having noted our intimation to the conveners group and others that we want a member of the committee to go on the visit.
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Date answered:
7 November 2006
According to GPASS records, of the 857 GP practices in Scotland using GPASS, 818 use the latest version 5.7, 38 use version5.6, zero use 5.5 and 1 uses version 5.4.