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Providing information and support is an important part of an holistic approach to cancer care.I am pleased that new opportunities fund money has been awarded for Maggie's Centres in Highland and Fife.
Will the minister look favourably on that bid for funding for the new position? I hope that he will come to a speedy decision to plug the serious gap in dental service provision in my constituency.
Parenting straddles different departments. I am sure that the Development Department has some input through social inclusion partnership funding and so on.
As a result, there will be a call on that expenditure before there is a call on other expenditures, to ensure that the office is independently funded. We feel that that strikes the right balance; it ensures that the office is funded and that ministers cannot meddle with or constrain its funding.
In April 1993, responsibility for the unit's funding was transferred from the health board and the unit became a centrally funded national facility under the direct control of the Scottish Office, now the Scottish Executive.
There should be an agency in Scotland, funded by fees from developers—not by the taxpayer, I hasten to add—with responsibility for ensuring that environmental impact assessments meet clear criteria, conditions and objectives.