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The switch to three-year settlements built on and compounded that change, because it got us off the annual treadmill of debating the next year's plans with the departments.There were also some extra flexibilities introduced, to which I drew your attention in one of the papers that I sent to the committee.
It was considered that anything narrower than 15 per cent would not provide extra protection to animals or the human food chain, and 15 per cent was considered adequate to meet the requirements.
In my constituency, a litre of petrol in Mull and Islay is about 12p to 14p dearer than it is at a major petrol station in Oban.It was quite clear that, although transport played a part in the extra cost, it was by no means the single most important factor.
It should be stressed to the Executive that the committee feels strongly about extra resources and compensation. The answers that we have are inadequate.
We expect patients to continueto receive the current high level of service and prompt delivery of medicines, atno extra cost to the NHS, wherever they live in Scotland.