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We suffer, however, from a general problem in life sciences, as in other areas: when we invent something in Scotland, often somebody elsewhere makes it. Much of the downstream activitygets done furth of Scotland, and we need to address that.
It would be easier for every group if we had more direction from the Executive and knew that we could tell a group where it ought to go for funding.On the question of Europe, going back a few years, it was easier to get money from Europe. We have asked for financial support over the past few years and it is getting more and more difficult to get it—it is not easy at all.
I asked him what he was going to do about the situation and he talked about increasing growth and activity, but I say to him that the situation is getting worse.