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If we do not finish the consideration of a petition between now and the dissolution, the petition will not necessarily die. We will have the power to keep the matter live, if we feel that further work can be done on it.
Given the fact that 50 per cent more people die from hospital-acquired infection than die on our roads, and given the fact that the Executive has made a commitment to reduce road deaths by 40 per cent, will the minister give a similar commitment to reduce deaths from hospital-acquired infections?
After four years, we have the highest employment figures for 40 years, the lowest unemployment figures for 26 years, record cuts in youth unemployment, record cuts in long-term unemployment and growth in the first quarter of 2001 of over 2 per cent.
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Date answered:
8 January 2004
Validatedwaiting times figures for 31 December 2003will be published by ISD Scotland on its “NHSScotland Acute Activity, WaitingTimes and Waiting Lists” website on Thursday 26 February 2004.The latestavailable statistics – for 30 September 2003– show that NHSScotland was making very good progress towards meeting ourc...
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Date answered:
16 February 2001
The GB Assisted Areas map (defining the areas in which Regional Selective Assistance can be given) was approved by the European Commission on 26 July 2000. This map comprised of amalgamations of 1991 local authority wards rather than development areas.
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Date answered:
13 January 2004