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Because of the nature of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, I am not against having a full-time official or an STUC official representing staff on the board, but I do not think that staff representatives work.
Another challenge that faces the NHS in Scotland is to reduce what are called, in the official language, adverse events. In essence, those are the clinical errors that human error causes in our hospitals.
Is it the case that non-collection of council tax has increased by £26 million in the past year? The figures that I have indicate that non-collection rose from £95.8 million to £121.8 million in the previous financial year.
Since we began drafting the detail of the bill, my officials and I have been in discussion with ministers and officials in the DETR to consider ways in which to extend those provisions.
Few of those young people have formal qualifications, 45 per cent have no experience of work and 26 per cent have difficulties with reading and writing.
Perhaps the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care will explain when he is winding up why 19 of the 26 acute trust managers have said recently that they cannot meet the financial targets set by the Government.