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My third and final point is that we will shortly publish the latest estimate of the R number. We expect that it will show that the R number is still around 1 in Scotland, which is a concern, given that it is thought that the new variant of Covid could raise the R number by 0.4.
However, the DIT figures are the latest ones and they show the reality that investment in Scotland is down 9 per cent on last year, new jobs are down 23 per cent and Scotland’s share of new UK projects is down from 6 per cent to 4.9 per cent.
We want to go further and help NHS Scotland to negotiate for patients in new ways. Critical to that is ensuring that the new UK PPRS leaves greater scope for NHS Scotland to negotiate with companies about their applications for new medicines.
She had to give up her job and her college course because she was so ill. She is only 26 and feels that she has no life anymore because of the diagnosis.
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Date answered:
26 August 2020
Let us not repeat the mistakes of the 1950s, when emerging dangers around smoking first arose. Let us act now. 13:26 I join others in thanking Gillian Mackay for her leadership on the issue inside and outside of Parliament.