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Since 1991, Scotland's suicide rate has increased by an alarming 26 per cent. More young men now die by their own hand through suicide than die through drug overdoses and car crashes combined.The reasons for an individual taking his or her own life are often highly complex.
The paper was submitted on an information-only basis. It sets out the visits that the committee agreed, the correspondence that was involved and the members who wish to attend each of them.
Some prisons have developed better link services than others. Like other members, I have visited a number of prisons and my impression was that many of the courses were popular while some were unpopular.
I thank those party leaders and representatives of parties who have spoken this afternoon and all those other members who have expressed their support and sympathy in recent days for those involved in the tragic event in my constituency.I know that those who visited the site of the explosion in Maryhill and who met some of those most affected by it will agr...
However, within those hospitals, some of which I visited on Monday, there is quite an age difference—buildings range from being very new to being almost on their last legs.