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We recognise, as he did in his contribution, that services do not define people: personalisation is much wider and is about how people live their lives. That remains at the heart of our proposals for care of older people and those with disabilities.
We want to make it possible for people from overseas to come to Scotland to work, study and live. We want Scotland to be a welcoming and inclusive country, as I am sure everyone in the chamber does.
Despite wage freezes and the increasing cost of living, the contribution rates for civil justice, which are set by altering primary legislation, have not been amended this year.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the NHS will become a living wage employer. The Scottish Government Public Sector Pay Policy for Staff Pay Remits 2011-12 announced the introduction of a Scottish living wage currently set at £7.15 per hour.
The problem is not just confined to Edinburgh, and it does not affect only nice people living in nice houses; it is growing in all our cities and it affects all sorts of people.
It is important that the new act ensures that, no matter where they live, anybody in Scotland can receive the support and advice that they require to help them through the process.
One of the problems that I and people who live around Glasgow see with that hospital is that the health board decided that it should be placed where it is without taking into account how accessible the transport links to the new facility would be.