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It is clear that drug dealers do not recognise any national boundaries when they want to visit their evil deeds on communities north and south of the border, in Europe and elsewhere.
What the chamber should now do is to follow the lead that Duncan Hamilton gave in welcoming the conclusion of those talks and look forward to people being able to make successful visits on and off the islands in future.
We had the opportunity to review it this week, when I and my colleague Iain Gray visited the Lanarkshire drug action team.Education in primary schools is a critical factor in preventing drugs misuse in later years.
I am very much aware of the work of Health Promotions in Aberdeen; indeed, I visited one of its premises recently, where its efforts were directed not towards smoking but towards diet.
Unfortunately, he has spoiled it by moving off into rather cheap political points, based, apparently, on gossip that he has presumably picked up from afar, as these days he seldom visits Westminster to defend Scotland's interests.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2006
The Corporate Body issatisfied that the Non-Executive Bills Unit is adequately resourced to supportthe development of Members’ Bills as agreed by the Parliament on 26 October 2005.This session the overallamount of assistance provided by NEBU has increased.
I refer the member to the informationprovided on 26 April to the Justice 1 Committee (Col 2898) by the Director of the Scottish Criminal Record Office and the Head of the Scottish Fingerprint Service.This can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/justice1/or-06/j106-1201.htm.The absence record of individualsis a confidential matt...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2005
There is only one case involved. On 26 November 2001, the Executive made an award of freight facilities grant totalling £289,469 but rail freight traffic to the business concerned ceased well before it was able to fulfil its commitments in the grant offer agreement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19262 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 September 2005, whether all care homes should receive a gross fee equivalent to the full cost of providing the service on a level comparable with that of local authority-run care homes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 August 2005
All NHS boards are working to ensure that they meet the Executive’s target of a maximum waiting time of 26 weeks for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant, following referral by a general medical/dental practitioner by 31 December 2005.