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The line north of Inverness could take 40 per cent more freight than it has done in the past, and there is an opportunity for four extra freight trains a day between Perth and Inverness that is not being used.
We have indicated to the Executive that we are in need of extra funding. We have said that no one will wait for payment for more than three months post admission to their chosen residential, nursing or home care unit.
We met some wonderful GPs in remote and rural communities—GPs who wanted to go the extra mile, who wanted to be able to attend road traffic accidents and resuscitate and who are saying, "Train us.
Is building the capacity to deliver the bill an issue? If we create too many extra organisations at the start, we might make it more difficult for the system to start and to deliver on our objectives.
Our only comment was that the proposals should happen in the least bureaucratic way possible so that extra expense will not be incurred. Martyn Evans asked why the requirement does not extend to existing list members.
Since the Executive came to power, the partnership has delivered extra police on our streets. We are going further: we have also significantly increased funding for police services.
If someone sees an increased number of vehicles, they think that there must be increased noise, but a few extra vehicles do not produce a big increase in noise.