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I pay tribute publicly to Professor Neil McKeganey of the University of Glasgow, who with his research both added significantly to the information bank and brought out into the open the fact that more than half of methadone patients wanted to get off drugs altogether.
I whole-heartedly reject the view that there should be a difference in law between rape by a complete stranger, so-called date rape and sex without mutual consent with an existing partner.
That is true of a small personal loan from a credit union and a mortgage of tens of thousands of pounds from a major bank. The availability of credit is of the greatest importance to people on lower incomes.
The draft budget for 2009-10 was published prior to the full impact of the current economic crisis being felt—before banks stopped lending to one another and the problems in the financial markets started to impact on the real economy.
If the Law Society’s fears are realised—as I suspect they will be—we should return to the provision at some future date when, I happen to believe, more substantive heritage legislation will be required.The committee noted concerns in relation to other sections of the bill, some of which Liz Smith and I raised at stage 1.
NHS 24 also has what is called a knowledge management system—that might not be the absolutely correct title—which aims to have accurate and up-to-date information on all available local services and facilities.
Its activities have resulted in a saving in welfare benefits of £3.16 million to date. More than 90 per cent of its volunteers move on to positive outcomes: employment, education, training, further volunteering or business start-ups.
If Mr Purvis will forgive me, I want to make some progress.I am rather confused by the Lib Dem amendment, because I saw a Lib Dem press release dated 3 February 2009, which was headed "Lib Dems secure serious measures for serious times".