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I draw the First Minister's attention to the revelation last week that children under 16 are regularly held in Kilmarnock prison. Can he tell us how many children are being held, or have been held in the past year, in Scottish prisons?
I have nothing to add but that I disagree fundamentally with your suggestion. The committee does not discuss many of its agenda items in private. The information on petitions that members have is provided by the clerks and the petitioners and is available to the public.
Does he now wish that he had listened to the many warnings that bed and staff reductions would lead to the current erosion in the NHS's capacity to cope with demand?
Will he assure the Parliament that the Executive will give every support to securing as many as possible of those projects for Scottish educational institutions?
I am pleased to hear that action is being taken to reduce waiting times and hope that the new general practice contract will help to attract more doctors to remain in and to join general practice.I have received many complaints from constituents about the length of time that they have to wait to see their doctor.
They should certainly cross individual issues that might be raised by cases that I, Mr Swinney and many other members will see on our desks from time to time.
However, there are particular circumstances in which an assault on an emergency worker who is responding to an emergency situation has an impact on many other people, not just on the person who is assaulted.
When will the Scottish Executive tell Scottish Water that such exorbitant charges are completely unacceptable and that they are causing considerable hardship to many people? There are two parts to that question, as Mr Canavan knows.