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The Financial Memorandum must also include best estimates of the timescales over which such costs, savings, and changes to revenues would be expected to arise.
Like most modern countries, Scotland tries to balance the best access to effective medicines, with ensuring affordability and supporting research and innovation.
Questions on sexual orientation are currently proposed for other parts of the UK and other census offices are also considering how best to meet user need in relation to data on gender identity.
However, it also notes that the Scottish Government is satisfied that HIE is best positioned to carry out this role and that the Commission itself has no formal position on this matter.
It is not just about access, as I said earlier; we must ensure that there is access to the best that is available. That can vary hugely, but it must involve the very best in the form concerned.