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The public would be better served if we were able to provide multi-modal ticketing whereby bus, rail and ferry ticketing could be co-ordinated. That is just one way in which the Executive could be involved as a partner in the process.The third point that I want to make—the committee would be surprised if I did not make it—concerns the financing of public tr...
However, we have picked ourselves up—as we do here—and have come together in a unique, co-ordinated piece of activity in which the public authorities are playing a full part.
In return, the STB would be better able to monitor performance and co-ordinate support for the industry, including dialogue with the enterprise network.
It is then reported to the Executive and, as I said earlier, there is a community safety co-ordinator for Scotland whose responsibility it is to address with the community safety partnership in question any issues that arise in the process.
In the Highlands, we aspire to fund a co-ordinator to bring together the different statutory and voluntary organisations, to forge links between them and to access training and education for professionals.
It is important that we have a co-ordinated United Kingdom approach; we are making good progress on that.The consultation process that we are engaged in is continuing and we hope very much that, before the end of the year, we will be able to put the necessary action in place.
The role of the Scottish Refugee Council has changed and been enhanced, and we now co-ordinate and lead services for social welfare, ensuring that the gap in service provision during that window is filled.
We need integrated solutions, with health boards, local government and the voluntary sector co-ordinating their activities. We need realistic and obtainable targets to be set for suicide reduction.