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It is not as simple as telling people to stop smoking; the message is more complicated than that. I have been qualified for 26 years now, and the core message has not changed over those 26 years.
Given that we already spend £8 billion at UK level on a system that is working for a very small proportion of parents, we should think about transferring that money to the supply side—into a Scottish system, for example—and invest that money locally.
That is quite right, too—I make no complaint—but where are the men who are prepared to champion their cause?One in 14 Scottish men will die of lung cancer, but one in 15 will die of prostate cancer.
I still keep up that contact, of course, and I am still getting letters, emails and Twitter comments from people who have heard about the bill proposal and support it.The consultation responses were gathered in and I worked with Joe FitzPatrick and his assistant to produce the information that is on my website. I will continue to work with stakeholders.
Just to check—in the Christmas spirit—that my memory was not playing tricks, I consulted the Scottish Labour website this very day. I advise members to consult it quickly, because it might be down by Christmas.
At the moment, this committee will disseminate it directly to the subject committees in the Parliament. It appears on the Parliament’s website, and there is a distribution e-mail list that has a significant number of members who receive it.
If every kilo that that European fleet caught was put under the scrutiny that fish exporters in Britain are having to undergo to transfer goods into Europe, there would be chaos.