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The most recent data collection that we did showed that average rates for delivery of 600 hours increased by 26 per cent over the two years to August 2019.
Constituents question where Scotland’s fishery protection vessels were in all that and what action, if any, has been taken to follow up on the latest shocking incident. Can the cabinet secretary respond to that question?
If a young person comes off their CSO before their 16th birthday, but also when they reach the age of 26— So there are two issues. Yes. Continuing care— There are those who are under 16 who are cut out of the system, and there are those who need care after they are 26, which is an arbitrary age.
We must take action to stop the abuse of alcohol and to promote responsible drinking. We must also ensure that we have responsible promotion of alcohol and responsible pricing.
I appeal to everybody, when they can do so safely, to support Highlands and Islands hospitality with their patronage—people who live locally and those who will be able to travel there after 26 April.
That is a symptom of a much wider issue and of our reliance on a linear economic model, in which we continually extract new resources to make new things and new products, then throw them away before starting all over again.
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Date answered:
21 March 2011