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Our best estimate is that the annual cost to the NHS in Scotland of treating illness and disease caused by smoking is approximately £140 million in terms of GP visits, prescriptions, treatment and operations.
I will be interested to hear the Executive's response on the insertion of the word "activities" and on how we will deal with new purposes that we have not thought of.
Would that mean that Scottish Homes would become effectively a housing investment broker for the transferred stock to the new housing partnerships? Would your organisation distribute new housing partnership grants?