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However, the Government's priority should not be to manage the decline of the tobacco industry; it should be to cut the number of people who die of smoking-related illnesses every year.
Before closing what has been a rapid meeting, I inform members that our next meeting is expected to take place on Tuesday 3 May 2005. Meeting closed at 13:26.
The deadline for lodging amendments to be considered on 28 January will be 2 pm on Monday 26 January. Has the committee had any response in respect of the various issues that we had asked the minister to deal with before the start of stage 2?
We should also seek an explanation of why we are reducing the cost of casino licences by 26 per cent. Is it an issue in Govan, Gordon, if higher bingo costs are passed to the consumer?
No points arise on the order.That brings us to the end of the public session, although the committee has an informal meeting with Scottish Executive officials presently. Meeting closed at 11:26.
To ask the Scottish Executive where the capital and revenue costs of Glasgow Housing Association’s second stage stock transfer are accounted for in the association’s business plan.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many valuations of PFI/PPP assets where transfer of ownership to the public sector will take place on conclusion of the contract have been undertaken and what the total value was in each case.