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It is important to re-emphasise that it will be the hard work of individuals within the new framework that will bring about the change that we all seek.
No, because the increase is calculated by comparison with previous spending plans. That is why I used the term new money. It is new money. It is what Jack McConnell thinks he has given me and what I think I have.
The best way to handle the petition would be to refer it to the Health and Community Care Committee to ascertain whether the latest decision was taken in line with the recommendations that that committee made a couple of years ago.
As Christine said, it is the bureau that will decide whether the Justice and Home Affairs Committee can visit prisons. It will not be the whole committee, but groups of members, who make those visits.
Section 11(1B) does not create a new delegated power but, in introducing new section 1AA into the 1993 act, it will have an indirect bearing on a rule-making power in section 20 of that act.
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.