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One of the fairer Fife commission’s recommendations was to take that opportunity and use it in a much more co-ordinated way. There is a wider comment to make, which echoes partly what Peter Allan said earlier.
I was struck by the strong relationships with Glasgow Life through its sports coaches and active schools co-ordinators. Maree Todd, I think, made a similar point about the Highlands.
I have had discussions with the current and previous transport ministers and other ministers across Government about how we can better co-ordinate our work to be more cohesive and coherent around trying to tackle some of the big issues of the day, such as obesity.
Let us be clear what the aim is: to give strong school leaders the chance to co-ordinate and run their local school communities, because that is how great schools are created.
Part of our work with Save a Life for Scotland relates to—I think that Steven Short talked about this, too—understanding how to have the right co-ordination across Scotland, so that communities understand what they need to be able to do and how to learn.
The communications department also co-ordinates with other emergency service partners and local government to ensure a consistent approach to road safety campaign messaging.
Clearly, there is an underlying problem that is not limited to individuals breaking the law; events are clearly co-ordinated. How on earth will the police tackle the sheer volume of people who are letting off pyrotechnics?