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As Kenny Gibson said, one cannot consider treatment until diagnosis has been made, yet in Scotland it can take seven years from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis, compared with six months in England. That is quite unacceptable.
The reduction year on year is principally a consequence of the declining costs of the ScotRail franchise, which was agreed when it was let in 1997.Another factor that affects the grant's reduction is a projected increase in the revenue estimated for 2001-02 compared with the estimate for 2000-01.
As a result, 30 per cent of the liquid milk market is now organic, compared to less than 3 per cent in the United Kingdom.Because of the on-going support, Danish dairy farmers have a competitive advantage over British dairy farmers, who have no on-going support.
As a committee, we should write to Professor Greenwood, because we would be interested to hear his views directly. Did Professor Greenwood's work compare the situation in Scotland to that abroad?
I extend an invitation to committee members to visit some of our young people during the year.The idea of the European year of disabled people is fantastic.