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It has done a lot of good work.In Glasgow, one in five people die because of their smoking habit; that amounts to 2,367 deaths in greater Glasgow each year.
Sylvia Jackson, who is normally in the chair, apologises for not being here—she is unwell.Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004 (draft) Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004 (draft) We expressed doubt as to the vires of the order.
During my years as a councillor, we changed from leasing machinery to buying it out of capital to buying it out of revenue because of the Treasury rules that applied at the time.
Might the problems at the beginning—with people asking for a recall because they did not understand the undertaking—die down when people become more aware of the system?
Young athletes, who are often from deprived areas, frequently need help to buy the kit. Do members know how much it costs to buy ice hockey kit—for those who happen to live around Ayr or Kirkcaldy?
No one will disagree with what Cathie Craigie has said, but everyone knows that local authorities are cutting back. In the Borders, warden services are flying out and folk in community care are getting less support.
Every fortnight, a language dies somewhere in the world and Gaelic could die just like all those languages. It will die unless there is a determined attempt to keep it alive.
On several occasions, the First Minister has mentioned that we are in the top league in relation to Europe. However, we are not at the top of the table.
That word appears on endless death certificates here, but Sattu Hassi told me that, although people die of hypothermia in the winter in Finland, they do so only outside their homes.