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Monday, 21 May, 2001, 09:03 GMT
SNP manifesto: At-a-glance
The key points of the Scottish National Party's election campaign manifesto.
Committed to ending the so-called 'postcode treatment' of patients within the National Health Service.
Supply free daily fruit for all children in primary schools, remove charges for dental check-ups and cut waiting times for inpatient treatment by half.
Employ 1,500 more nurses and secure free personal care for the elderly.
Reduce primary one, two and three class sizes to 18 and have a moratorium on further destabilising change until the establishment of an education convention.
End the publication of selective information and misleading league tables and introduce a major programme of school investment and repair.
Employ 1,000 more police on Scotland's streets and encourage greater parental responsibility - with parents held responsible to victims of their children's crime.
Tough action on sex offenders and ensure that victims of crime should not become victims of the criminal justice system.
Build a modern transport and telecommunications infrastructure.
The complete abolition of tuition fees and an intensive campaign of selling Scotland to the world.
£260m for health, education and crime.
A "Scottish fund for future generations to make the wealth of Scotland work for the people of Scotland."
A Scottish trust for public investment to invest more for less in schools, hospitals and transport.
Restore "honesty" to the tax system through a comprehensive review of taxation, immediate 10p a gallon fuel tax cut and a new 45p-tax band for those earning more than £100,000.
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