Friend on a wide range of issues. The determining factor underpinning any Government decision to join the single currency is whether the economic case is clear and unambiguous. The Government have said that they will make another assessment of the five economic tests early in the next Parliament. The Government work in partnership with the Scottish Executive to combat the menace of drugs in Scotland. The collection of statistics on excess winter deaths in Scotland is a devolved matter.
Fuel poverty contributes to the number of excess winter deaths among pensioners.
The UK Government and the Scottish Executive have been working together to tackle fuel poverty and the Government and the devolved Administrations recently published a UK Fuel Poverty Strategy. The Allowance is paid to over 700,000 eligible households in Scotland. We have also taken other action, such as reducing the level of VAT on domestic fuel to 5 per cent. To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the employment impact of recent orders won by Govan shipyard. I understand that the yard has also secured other commercial and defence contracts.