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That relates closely to the question that was asked a moment ago by Mark Ruskell about community health initiatives, as a similar point could be made in relation to care services.
The number of applications went up a bit, but not in Fife, as Marilyn Livingstone has pointed out. If something is happening in Fife this year, it is not yet reflected in the figures.
The minister will be aware that communication impairment involves not just the inability to communicate orally but the inability to understand written communication. A recent press report suggested that one in five people have difficulty in complying with medication instructions because they cannot follow them.
The Food Standards Agency Scotland is not saying that it will not support that way forward; rather, it is saying that it is only one of the possible ways forward. It would be quite reasonable to press the Health and Community Care Committee to take on board the petition.
In the light of recent events that have opened more slots at Heathrow airport, will the Scottish Executive use its influence to press for landing slots for Inverness traffic at both Heathrow and Gatwick?
Considerable fears have been expressed, most recently last week in the press and media, about the fact that the funding situation of the methadone programme means that it is full up.
What a very pleasant end to that question. The answer to the main point is that we have no such plans, but I confess that I, too, have been reading the questions that are advanced in the press.
Polmont recently won the first ever competition for best practice in health care in prisons, run by the World Health Organization for overall excellence of its health service.