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We are well aware of the pressures that health boards and CAMHS face, but the issues with long waiting lists are long-standing, and that is due to Scottish National Party inaction. Health boards are now having to outsource CAMHS to reduce waiting times.
It is a scandal, Presiding Officer, that, in an energy-rich Scotland, our people face fuel poverty because of the actions—and, often, the inactions—of the UK Government. We must never accept that as the norm or as the status quo.
They will still be collecting what does not get taken back in DRS. We know that we will not get everything back with DRS, so local authorities will still be collecting.
We highlight that although getting to global net zero would prevent the problems from getting worse, it would not mean that our climate would go back to what it was 20 or 30 years ago.
There are no levers that we can pull that will make huge differences over only 18 months or so: Governments must commit to 10-year activities. As you said, we are getting more disabled people into work than ever before.
People need to go through a trained accredited money adviser, so they get specialist help. We have already put a mechanism—a gate, if you like—in the process so that people get to the right solutions.
I am thankful for that, because referees—love us or loathe us—are an integral part of the game, and refereeing is now seen as an opportunity for many people to get involved, to get fit and stay fit and to get to an extremely high level in the game, both domestic and internatio...