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The statistics that I have outlined in relation to Ayrshire central hospital show that the quality of care there is the best in Scotland. I agree that the service in Ayrshire has been very fine.
I would like to reduce the options to two, to give us a paper that we can discuss well next time.It might be best to say not what we would prefer, but what we would eliminate.
Members should be in no doubt that the south-west has a wonderful natural environment, some of the best health and educational facilities in Scotland and, of course, its premier resource, its people.
Sadly, there are still big differences between the best performers in Scottish agriculture and those at the other end of the scale.The very best Scottish farmers are already very good by any standards, but the challenge is to bring up the rest of the industry to that high standard.