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The resources available, without a penny of new borrowing or any other money from the Scottish Executive, amount to £129.2 million a year or £1.3 billion over 10 years.
Amendment 276 is a technical amendment to ensure that a correct reference in the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 is made.Section 68 of the 1968 act gives local authorities a duty to visit people living in residential establishments in their area"in the interests of their well-being."
The fact that waste is being burned as a fuel brings a plant within the definition of a co-incineration plant, which would therefore be subject to the new controls.I clarify that the new provisions do not stop the burning of waste.
Working in the NHS is a continual learning curve. New technology, new surgical techniques and new research findings lead to continually changing protocols and ways of working.
For many years, we have been committed to ensuring that any new vehicles that we buy hit all the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee standards for access.