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I regret very much the losses that were announced in Innerleithen this week. Officials from Scottish Enterprise Borders have met the company involved regularly.
Last winter, the Minister for Health and Community Care said that the national health service had"planned earlier and better for winter than ever before."—Official Report, 12 Jan 2000; Vol 4, c 5.Last winter, waiting lists went up by 7,000.
I gave guidance yesterday; I read it again this morning in the Official Report and it is clear. I said that it is not the case that an individual member can never have an amendment accepted, but the chance of an amendment being accepted depends on two things.
In her statement, Susan Deacon said:"We agree with the principle of equity that underpins the recommendation"of the Sutherland commission, but it may be difficult"to make that change at this time"—Official Report, 5 October 2000; Vol 8, c 1022.We will consider that.
I agree that the out-of-hours general medical practitioners service in Grampian and Aberdeen is particularly good. I asked my officials to speak to the primary care trust and it has assured me that it is considering that service, with the intention of establishing whether it can build out-of-hours emergency dental services in a similar fashion.
I would be interested to know how a sheriff principal would be in the position to realise that that was happening. I think that there is no official line of communication, but the sheriff principal would, I suspect, become well aware of justices who were building up a reputation for inefficiencies or for a lack of expertise.
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