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One of the charity’s most recent publications, which was produced jointly with the University of Edinburgh, suggests that, by 2040, 66 per cent or two-thirds of deaths in Scotland will take place at home, in a care home or in a hospice.
We have been converting all our lighting stock on the trunk road network from traditional lighting to LED lighting, and the conversion programme has produced significant financial benefits for us.
If children are not having their voices heard through the court system, their voices could be heard through a hearings system or the type of environment that the hearings system produces. Was any consideration given to widening that provision as opposed to its being just for child protection or other serious concerns?
You and members know that you spend a lot of time producing reports and making recommendations, which are generally pretty well accepted by the agencies that you refer to, including the Government.
Our fix for the first problem involved a great deal of effort to produce a one-trick-pony ADS bill, but that is not the best way of dealing with the problem.
Those who are expected to administer the legislation will follow not the intentions that were expressed in the chamber but the guidance that is produced to back up those intentions. The process of considering the bill and the debate have given us an opportunity to reflect on the wider understanding of the nature of justice.
The campaign has been a very effective user of social media and of direct communication with members of the Scottish Parliament. It has also produced a very clear briefing for the debate, so it has already done a great deal of good work.