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I also welcome the setting up of the drugs courts and the greater use of drug treatment and testing orders, which are an acknowledgment that a range of different disposals is needed if we are to deal with the problem.During the summer recess, Mike Pringle and I visited the drug treatment and testing order project in Edinburgh.
She initiated the review, which the Executive moved forward with, although we are now slightly out of date. My understanding is that the Executive published a response as recently as—I think—19 January.
Should we raise that question with the Executive or should we just consider it at a later date, perhaps as part of our review? In part, I have just been reading the adviser's briefing and thinking out loud.
The proportion of people who are in fuel poverty fell from 35 per cent to 13 per cent in six years. We do not have up-to-date figures, but the situation will be better than that now.We know that movements in the wholesale markets are putting energy companies under considerable pressure.
Although such incidents will be considered on a case-by-case basis, I do not expect them to occur often.Further, the committee is aware that negotiations might have progressed after the submission dates for witness statements and rebuttals.
The correspondence that ministers received—of which I have a copy—refers to another out-of-date scanner at Gartnavel general hospital, but no action has yet been taken to replace that piece of equipment.
I have had two meetings with Nicol Stephen, the Minister for Transport, to discuss the matter. To date, our discussions have been on patients and visitors travelling to nursing facilities, but the member adds the dimension of staff travel to work.
The changes that we propose will ensure that eligibility is kept up to date and that no one falls out of the legal aid net because of the effects of inflation.The second issue is legal aid in relation to the new asylum and immigration tribunal and obstructive witnesses.
I hope that we are looking not for an adviser who will be able to tell us the history of licensing laws dating back to the 18th century but for one who will be able to give us some facts, figures and guidance on the relationships between licensing, crime, disorder and other issues, based on a knowledge of licensing regimes in various parts of Britain and th...