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Every day, one in 10 of the population visits a community pharmacy; more than 60,000 people visit their family doctor; 8,500 people visit the dentist for a check-up; 2,700 people receive a free eye test; and district nurses make 12,600 visits.
In particular, I refer members to paragraphs 90 to 96 of the report.The European and External Relations Committee has requested a response by Friday 26 January. Do members wish me to express any views in a letter to that committee?
We have asked boards to ensure that the waiting time is reduced to 26 weeks—that is the target that is in place and we want boards to make progress toward achieving it.
It calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to amend the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to set down minimum safety standards for school bus provision, including the provision of certain safety signs; to make regulations under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 requiring the use of certain safety signs and lights on school buses; to make failure to comply with such signs an offence; and to seek the necessary powers to require bus operators to remove such safety signs from school buses when they are not in school use.At its meeting on 26...
(S2O-8682) Local authorities, like all other employers, will require to comply with the smoke-free law that will come into effect on 26 March. Recently, we issued guidance to local authorities, national health service organisations and other care service providers to help them to do so.
Given that such a meeting would have taken place after 26 December, did he assess the conclusions of the fisheries council in the light of the possibilities for supporting the south-east Asian fisheries communities that have been so adversely affected by the tsunami, or will he approach the European Union to modify the conclusions of the fisheries council s...
We shall ask the question then.No points arise in relation to section 26 on ancillary provision. Similarly, no points arise in relation to section 27 on orders and regulations.
In September 2002, the First Minister told members in the chamber that police numbers would"increase and decrease slightly over time".—Official Report, 26 September 2002; c 14199.In the spending proposals set out in "Building a Better Scotland", the Executive is committed only to maintaining the capacity of the police.
It is unusual for me to be so lenient with members, but Tommy Sheridan has made an important point.Members will recall that the committee unanimously decided at its meeting on 26 June to take item 4 in private. The decision was taken without dissent in public session.