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We estimate that the doubling time is two to three days—more rapid than anything experienced in the pandemic so far—and we expect omicron to become the dominant strain circulating in Scotland within days.
It is for another day to offer assessments about the political decisions that led to such a rapid withdrawal of those forces. For the moment, suffice to say that history is unlikely to be kind.
S5W-10921 Jamie Greene: To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of rapid electrical chargers for electric cars throughout the country in order to increase the use of these vehicles.
The first item of business is time for reflection, and our leader today is Chibuzor Tina Amadi, United Kingdom parliamentary liaison for Christian Solidarity Worldwide, who joins us remotely.
As you will know, independent and robust scrutiny and monitoring of conditions and treatment in our prisons has also been maintained by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland during the pandemic through a remote monitoring framework and on-site liaison visits (when National restrictions have allowed).
In its written submission, West Lothian Council stated that—
Part of the effectiveness of the act lies in activity under the act being available as evidence to show ‘pre-apprehension’ in Dangerous Dogs Act cases taken by Police Scotland. However, this requires close liaison between local authority, officers of Police Scotland and the Crown Office Procurator...
Implementation of these recommendations is at a very early stage and closely associated with liaison between NPHN, SPS and other agencies including Police Scotland, for example in relation to data capture and systems.
Issues relating to mental health, the best start sub-group, the neonatal expenses fund for neonatal care, the cost of pregnancy pathway and the maternity liaison committees were discussed at the meeting.