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Given that the area that is covered, Lochaber, is larger than the Lothians, will the minister make interim arrangements for locum visiting dentists or persuade the existing practices to review the refusal to take on new patients?
Drug Dealers (Convictions) To ask the First Minister how many drug dealers were convicted in 2004. (S2F-1838) The latest available statistics are for 2003, when there were 1,639 convictions for illegal supply or trafficking of drugs in Scotland.
The people of Scotland should know that before they make any decisions. I refer the minister to the latest public-private partnership/private finance initiative contract to hit financial difficulties.
I believe that, in the Netherlands, it is the law that every time a new regulation is introduced, an old one must be abolished—new regulations cannot be introduced unless room is made for them.
We quickly identified for the board that the big challenge would be the demographic change in the population of Dumfries and Galloway: a 26 per cent increase in over-65s, a 26 per cent decrease in those aged 19 and below and an 11 per cent decrease in the working-age population.