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To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health and Community Care will reply to the letter of 26 February 2001 from Mr S Taylor of Sheildhill, Falkirk.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health and Community Care will reply to my letter of 26 October 2000 regarding the provision of residential care for the elderly in the Scottish Borders.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 1999
I could spend time reporting regularly on interim targets or I could get on with the programme of work that I believe is vital if we are to deliver improvements.
The opportunity will come, in the main, from new economy sectors; for example, a key challenge would be, "How do we get more modern apprenticeships in the software industry?"
As an economist, I would like to take a step back and would like there to be more information on how many people are getting better and to what extent they are getting better—I call that health gain.
Links to the continent were superior before the union, never mind before the Executive. Why was it easier to get to Europe in the days of sail than it is now with the new generation of fast ships?