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In December 2002, weinformed drugs services that the Lord Advocate had set new limits on thenumber of needles and syringes which could be issued to clients attendingneedle exchanges.
That is why, in the second part of my speech, I will concentrate on skills development and training. The latest publication from Future Skills Scotland shows that there were 5,500 vacancies in banking, 58 per cent of which were hard to fill.
All members have a copy of it and of the previous written submission, which has been recirculated.I invite colleagues to kick off the questions. I have read the latest submission, which rather damns the minister's proposals with faint praise.
There is no specific mention of the Eileen trusts or of any of the new trusts that were set up earlier this year to make payments in respect of sufferers of new variant CJD, for example.
In Scottish jails, 188 individuals who reached the end of their custodial sentences were identified as foreign nationals. Of those, 26 were released into the custody of the immigration and nationality directorate for deportation, as has been identified by the directorate.
I caution members that we have some fairly detailed items of business to attend to at the meetings of 18 June and 26 June. We need to be very strict on time scales.It is unfortunate that Murray Tosh is not here today, given that he is the convener of the Procedures Committee.