Using figures from "Scottish health statistics", Mr Duncan Hamilton MSP showed investment Scotlands health sector had plummeted from £102m in 1994-5 to £25m in 1998-9 under Nu-Labour.

He said "New Labour claim to be spending more on the health service, but these figures show a fall of 75% in investment in NHS equipment since the mid-1990s. This is also reflected in a fall of over 40% in capital spending on buildings, installations and fittings, slumping from £145.5m in 1995 to £85.1m in 1999."