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I assume that, if the price was raised, the higher income groups would either pay the extra money because they can afford to or move on to a different kind of alcohol.
Typically, one of the conditions is that each dentist would need to get 1,500 extra patients, which we think is a manageable number.We have arranged to give dentists prior notification of when people are due to lapse and be moved to 20 per cent of the capitation fee.
Of course, that demand has quietly been dropped.I repeatedly urged the council to wait until the local plan was published, to allow a mature judgment of how extra housing might influence pupil roll projections.
That probably does not tell us anything that we did not already know about fuel poverty, but the issue is crucial.People who are cared for often have extra costs that need to be met, and caring for someone is rarely a short-term commitment.
Again, it is a matter not simply of redirecting existing funds but of establishing what extra funds are required. That takes us back to the issue of the need for member states to get their share of the money—or to get extra money—to carry through some of the policies.
The transport budget would have had an extra £30 million per annum and, on top of that, we would have set aside an extra £15 million per annum for black-spot funding.
Given the move to get faster journey times between Edinburgh and Glasgow, does the member have any information on how long the journey would take if an extra stop were added? Currently, intermittent trains stop at different stations.