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In the past year, Scottish councils have been recognised as being not only good but among the very best in the UK. In the Lothians, top awards have been won for initiatives to heat homes and tackle fuel poverty.
I am curious as to whether there is an inherent assumption that, given that economic growth is the top priority, it will lead automatically to the eradication of poverty, deprivation and inequality without direct Government intervention.
Whatever idiosyncrasies and inadequacies there are among our own people and the way they try to make their lives, on top of that is the burden of crime pushing on those areas and striking at young, vulnerable people.
I acknowledge and welcome the £75 million on top of that for the Beatson clinic. Malcolm Chisholm knows that I take a particular interest in that.The sum of money is colossal by any reckoning.
I appeal to the minister to state unequivocally that pilot drugs courts will be implemented, and to ensure that Aberdeen and the north-east of Scotland are top of his agenda. I hope that members will bear with me, as I do not have my glasses with me.