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Companies embark on research and development work because they need to innovate to enter new markets. To develop new products, they need to undertake research and development work.
I should also point out that, in April 1999, the number of police officers in Scotland was 14,784; the latest figure is 14,948. For me, and by any standard, that is an increase.
(S1F-440) I have had two meetings with the Prime Minister this month, the latest being in Glasgow last Friday at the joint ministerial committee on health.
In future, in its questions on the health service, the SNP would do well to have more respect for the Parliament, for the Scottish people and for the facts. Is the minister aware of the latest major cuts in services proposed at Stracathro hospital?
That is in the common global interest, particularly on art, which is an issue in Glasgow. People from all over the world visit the Burrell collection but they do not know which pieces will be displayed until they arrive at the collection.
The future of fish farming in Scotland may depend on the substitution of new species for salmon. A moratorium at this time on new species farming would be detrimental to Scotland.