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I am sure that we all wish him well with his new ministerial responsibilities.Interests Interests I welcome Dr Richard Simpson back to the Finance Committee and I invite him to declare any relevant interests.
It is also interesting to note that one in 10 of those who had visited a GP in the previous 12 months received a prescription that was not handed in; cost seemed to be one of the issues.
Although it is logical to say that poindings and warrant sales should not be abolished until a new system is in place, I did not detect any great urgency to do that.
Its purpose is to merge the two shell bodies of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.The Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 fulfilled commitments given in the white paper "Scotland's transport future" to bring a new approach to the delivery of transport infrastructure and services in Scotland.
Several questions on the bill have arisen, many of which concern not the policy, but the procedure and the way in which the new powers that are to be vested in the Scottish ministers are to be exercised.
Since we published our equality strategy two years ago, we have developed various aspects of that work and a new equality strategy will be published imminently.
Another problem is that because a plastic bag levy would be a new kind of levy, it would need a new accounting process and firms would have to buy new accounting software to deal with it in their annual accounts.
I wonder whether it would be worth discussing the latest information from SCOTS with the Executive and to raise some of the many issues that are emerging from our examination of the report.