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Even from the unsuccessful bid for 2008, the beneficiary has been the national facilities programme, which we announced during the summer and which provides substantial new investment in major facilities throughout Scotland.
In addition, the minister issued a news release on 6 August 2004 in which he states:"A third and final round of payments due to members will be made by the end of the year."
In fact, £4 million of recent cancer money has been spent on developing endoscopy services. That has included money for new colonoscopy equipment and extra sessions in Edinburgh.
The evidence of the past few months suggests that the new money that has been injected into Scottish tourism will benefit the Skye and Lochalsh area and, I am sure, its inhabitants.
Local chemotherapy clinics and renal dialysis units are examples of a wide range of services that NHS boards are moving from larger acute hospitals to local communities. The new general medical services contract and the development of community health partnerships will also drive forward service developments in primary care.
I draw attention to the fact that the negotiation on the constitutional treaty might not be concluded at the European Council of 17 to 18 June, simply because, as the paper says,"the formation of new governments in several current and future member states might make this difficult."
Although support in adjusting to their new circumstances is generally available to ex-prisoners, ministers have decided that there should be a service that makes separate and distinct provision for those who have suffered a miscarriage of justice.
The problem with the First Minister's fine words is that they amount only to rhetoric. New Labour runs the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, which is the employers organisation.