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It comes down to the principle of whether the waiver should be there. I look to the international comparators and see that, with one exception, in Western Australia, every other redress system that has been put in place by a legislature has had a waiver.
Does the minister acknowledge that the situation in England and Wales is not analogous with the situation in Scotland, and that we are not comparing apples with apples? I have already dealt with that point.
Although it is a significant number, it is not a huge number compared with the whole electorate. Compared with 4.1 million or 4.2 million, it is not huge.
As an example of how the block grant mechanism works and how things are determined from a comparability point of view, I am sure that members will have heard the arguments over whether the regeneration of east London as a result of the Olympics was Barnett relevant.
We have arrived at a position in which we expect the overall total to be about £227 million for this financial year, compared to the original plan of £206 million.
The figure might not be as much in Scotland. Do you have a comparable figure for Scotland? One of the risks that have been identified with the repeat prescribing service is the potential for patients to get some of their drugs more frequently than they need them.