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I hope that Mr McLetchie will not continue the programme of running down the health service to which the Conservatives' UK health spokesperson, Mr Liam Fox, recently admitted.
During 2003-04, the department provided the galleries with grant in aid of some £8.6 million to assist with running costs. The department also provided a purchase grant of about £1.2 million for the purpose of purchasing works of art for its collections.
If you were to ask me about where the largest number of programmes and the most expensive programmes are, I would say Shotts, which is prison for very long-term prisoners, Glenochil and Kilmarnock—those are the top three prisons in that respect.
If victims of violence are entitled to criminal injuries compensation, the state should assist them with their application. That assistance should include not only advice and assistance, but also representation.
Before we start on the agenda, I welcome to the meeting Mr Gordon Nabney, who is the Examiner of Statutory Rules in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Roisin Fleetham, an assistant clerk in the Assembly who deals with primary legislation.
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Date answered:
27 March 2003