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We are also considering our final report on the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill, any changes to which will not be great. I take Kenneth Gibson's point that this is a busy day for us.
I am confident, as is the First Minister—a point that he made in the debate this morning—that we will soon achieve, certainly by 2002, proper and appropriate drugs education for every one of our children, who are the future of this country.
Does she agree that effective co-operation between unions and management at Donside has been essential in efforts to identify a new operator for the mill? Will she make a point of meeting the Graphical, Paper and Media Union?
On resuming— Before I begin this afternoon's business, I want to expand on the impromptu response that I made to Tommy Sheridan's point of order this morning about the selection of amendments.
I ask the minister to save Scotland's heritage. The whole point of the national cultural strategy is to create a sustainable funding framework for the future.
However, improving access to dental services is part of the main thrust of our future work. I note his point that there are particular problems in rural Scotland—we must take cognisance of that.
That is all that we need to say about the size of the committee, which is a matter to be decided elsewhere. We note and appreciate the points that Annabel Goldie has made. It is proposed that the visits relating to the case studies should take place at the end of August and the beginning of September.
It was cancelled because of the debate on the Lord Advocate.The cancellation of the meeting meant that there was no point having that item on the agenda either.
Margaret Smith raises a number of important points. I stress that HAI is an increasing problem for a number of reasons, including those to which Margaret Smith referred.