To ask the Scottish Executive whether the per capita health funding in remote and rural areas, including islands, in the current NHS Argyll and Clyde area will be raised prior to any transfer to NHS Highland. If responsibility for health services in remote and rural areas, including islands, of NHS Argyll and Clyde is transferred to NHS Highland then the level of funding to NHS Highland will be calculated under the Arbuthnott formula on the basis of the board’s resident population which will include any residents becoming the responsibility of the board following the redrawing of NHS board boundaries.