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I will certainly not take any lectures on hospital building programmes from the Conservative party, whose Government did not build any hospitals, as opposed to this Administration, which is putting new hospitals in place.
Is the minister aware that the Scottish Renewables Forum estimates that a modest programme of investment of around £10 million over the next 10 years would deliver 30,000 new solar heating systems in Scotland?
Members have a message—mine came by e-mail—from Donald Gorrie about voluntary sector funding. I say for the benefit of new members of the committee that we have been considering the matter for some time.
We should also question the minister about the concerns raised by John Dakers of the University of Glasgow, who is particularly concerned about the lack of a foundation level for the new qualification that is coming on stream.
I beg your pardon; I did not see that. It is good news, then. I still think that it would be useful to ask what proportion of the underspends that represents.
I welcome the measures that the Government and the Scottish Executive have taken, particularly in light of the worrying news that the disease has spread into Scotland.
Does he accept that the large-scale new investment that the industry will require runs the risk of creating a gap between charges to customers in the north of Scotland and to those elsewhere?