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The council loses very good staff because it is unable to match those wages. I accept Mary Scanlon's point. It leads me to an issue that I have just thought of.
I will do my best to answer them all. I am sure that Mary Scanlon will tell me if I miss any of them.First, I reassure Mary Scanlon that mental health is a high priority for the Government.
As I explained last week to the Local Government and Communities Committee, of which Mary Mulligan is a member, our proposals to reform the right to buy would have only a marginal impact on Scottish housing quality standard funding.
A further 400 signatures have been received from Anne Marie Flack, a campaigner for the revision of the smoking ban in Scotland.Both petitions express concern about the fact that the ban has led to a drop in sales and has had a negative impact on the elderly.
However, our first item of business is consideration of an inadmissible amendment. I welcome Mrs Mary Mulligan to the committee. She has indicated that she wishes to lodge an amendment to the bill.
Mary Scanlon said that 70 per cent of patients with dementia who present at A and E are not already diagnosed, which is true, but it is also estimated that about 25 per cent of A and E patients suffer from dementia.
We know that many of our citizens who are not well off themselves give sacrificially to charities such as Mary’s Meals or Tearfund, which are working to help vulnerable people in developing countries.