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To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been treated for (a) cocaine addiction and (b) cocaine-related illnesses in each of the last five years.
We have to get to grips with the fact that consultation exercises in the NHS in Scotland are a sham. We must get to grips with that not only in Glasgow, but throughout Scotland.
The minister will know that the amendments that I lodged to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill made it clear that while we set national standards, ultimately we are also the paymasters.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to ensure that local authorities pay their bills from private suppliers and contractors on time.
I think that my colleague Kate Maclean is lodging an amendment to the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill to that effect. I turn to funding responsibility and dispute resolution.