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I am a little bit bewildered by the second-last paragraph of the minister's letter, which indicates that the fresh talent initiative and all the rest of it is absolutely hunky-dory within the asylum and immigration agenda, when immigration in terms of restrictions on people coming into the EU is a live political issue. I do not understand where the minister...
Those of us who have worked among cattle all our lives realise that, in some cases, they are extremely large and extremely aggressive, and that they will take action that surprises many people.
Therefore, it is not as if housing is getting chucked on to the back burner. It will remain a live part of our work.As Mary Scanlon pointed out at the away day, it is important that the committee has a substantial inquiry that involves people.
This particular point has caused some serious interest in the consolidation bill committee. I think that the phrase "lively interest" would be wrong in this respect.
She has had— Will the minister give details of what action will be taken to protect the level of services for patients who are suffering from cancer? Those patients live in the part of Scotland that has the highest cancer rates in the whole of Europe.
I feel that we encourage big farms, which push people off the land rather than keep them in rural areas. The fewer people there are living on the land, the less need there is for health services, schools, housing and everything else.