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I agree with Phil Gallie and think that we should keep a close eye on the matter. The date for ending tobacco subsidies has been given as 2010, but I know from the past seven years' experience that when we get nearer to such dates we always do some deal and renegotiate to extend the date by another five years.
Let us hope that we get two debates; that would be good. Has a provisional date been set yet? No; the debate will probably be in February, but we do not have a provisional date as such.
We do not yet have a date for that session. I propose that, on 8 November, we consider a paper from the clerks and Hamish Long, our adviser, which will flag up a number of outstanding issues.
In response to Tavish Scott's assertion that, according to some Royal Bank of Scotland league tables, we are improving, I say that Scotland comes 11th out of 12 UK regions in the Royal Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers report.
Meeting of the Parliament (Glasgow) Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees to meet in the former Strathclyde Regional Council debating chamber in Glasgow in May 2000 on dates to be confirmed in the Business Bulletin.
If we can find better ways of funding such things, that is all to the good.We need to campaign about the many wrong things that are done by multinationals, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.