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The cabinet secretary will be aware that the welcome opening of the new combined assessment unit will, in all probability, result in increased admissions to Ayr hospital.
NHS 24 is working with partners to ensure that videos that are displayed on the new NHS inform website have language options, including British Sign Language and subtitles, as seen on the Care Information Scotland website.
It will provide security, stability and predictability for tenants through measures that include a new modern tenancy, rent increases being possible only once in every 12 months and tenants having three months’ notice of changes to enable them to budget accordingly.
Article 4 of SSI 2016/421 makes a transitional provision so that the new rules will not apply to a change of use to a betting office that occurs before 10 February 2020.
Can the minister give us any assurances that, as we enter the busy Christmas and new year period, the train service for Fife will be able to meet passenger demand?
We will move on to a members’ business debate on a motion that was lodged by Miles Briggs, on disability access to Waverley station. We are trying to get new members of the public into the gallery, so I ask those who are leaving to do so as quickly and quietly as possible.
Of course, demand has also increased, as has pressure on services, so it is important that, as new resources flow into the NHS, we also change how services are delivered to ensure that quality continues.
It would be welcome if the Minister for Parliamentary Business were to be invited to come to the committee to explain how he sees the situation evolving in this new environment. I agree with Mr Harvie.
We work with our trade union colleagues as partners. I am very new to my post, but virtually every one of the range of working groups and bodies that we have established that I have responsibility for working with has trade union representation on it.
Does the Scottish Government agree that the best way forward is to solve the issue of high rents by tackling the housing shortage and building 100,000 new homes over the next five years? We are committed to building 50,000 affordable homes.