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When someone who lives in an area that has an epilepsy specialist nurse moves to another area that does not have one, they have to telephone back to that epilepsy nurse to ask them to assist. When we ran the campaign in May, no health board had enough nurses to match its population.
I have already taken one.Of course, if the UK had any interest in democracy, human rights or basic justice, we would not have ethnically cleansed Diego Garcia, assisted in the genocide in East Timor or supported Suharto, Pinochet, or Saddam Hussein.
Since May, I have spoken regularly in support of the complementary role that the independent sector can play in assisting with the speedy and effective delivery of NHS patient care.
In his reply, the Minister for Community Safety said that the Government is considering rehabilitation programmes for offenders who commit such crimes.
I accept that he does not want to interrupt his legislative programme, but more than one committee is ready and willing to examine his comments.I thank colleagues for taking the time to be present at the debate.
That could have meant a three-and-a-half-year parliamentary session, but it would not be credible for a new Government to take forward its programme in three and a half years. It could also have meant a four-and-a-half-year session and a winter Scottish Parliament election six months after a general election, when the electorate would, arguably, be sufferin...