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It is clear that drug dealers do not recognise any national boundaries when they want to visit their evil deeds on communities north and south of the border, in Europe and elsewhere.
Unfortunately, he has spoiled it by moving off into rather cheap political points, based, apparently, on gossip that he has presumably picked up from afar, as these days he seldom visits Westminster to defend Scotland's interests.
One of the problems is the silo system of budget control. That system will change with the new community health partnerships, as local government will also participate.
There is also a debate taking place on how better co-ordination can be achieved among all the agencies that are involved in special measures such as the new deal. For example, how does Jobcentre Plus tie in with the services that are provided by local authorities, the Scottish Prison Service and so on?
We have discussed the importance of such grey material at a previous meeting. It is good news that we are to receive that information; it will give us a good starting point.
I want to share with the chamber my example of what early testing can do.A while ago, I was invited to visit Lloyds Pharmacy in Ferniehill in my constituency to see its new, free, diabetic testing service.
What comes to mind immediately is the latestnews from Canada that genetically modified oil-seed rape is now cross-pollinating with related brassicas in the wild.