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I went to see Dr Mike Leach, a haematologist, who looked at my therapeutic range and said that I would be patient number 31 to self test. Compared with England and other countries in the EU, the promotion is not there in Scotland—you have to push for self-testing.
Of course, the service remains subsidised but, as the consultation document makes clear, we are moving towards a maximum cap of £100,000 for larger, more complex applications. As the member is aware, that compares very favourably with the English cap of £250,000.
You state that people in the public sector"need clarity about their objectives"and that"regulation acts as a second best option",compared with competitive pressures. You also mention "meaningful output targets which are based on suitable benchmarking data."
We have a relatively liberal regulatory structure in Scotland and in England and Wales compared with that of many legal professions elsewhere in Europe.
Can any of you guide me on this, because I am not an expert in the field—is carbon capture and storage as good as using hydro or are we not comparing like with like? I would argue that we are not comparing like with like when we compare carbon capture and storage with any rene...
In one sense, there might be a bit of a difference from the local authority issue, in that Scotland is relatively large compared with the average local authority in England.