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With regard to out-of-hours care, the most important issue is the emergency situation. The patient needs the most rapid response that they can get from the best-trained person possible who is there at the scene as quickly as possible.
As Des McNulty has said, we have to recognise that needs change as we get older. Such changes might be rapid or slow, but we must never consider older people as some unitary whole.
It is quite clear that with the targets for landfill diversion and the reduction in methane emissions from landfill sites, we will probably achieve reasonably rapid progress over the next 10 to 15 years.Beyond that, we require fairly considerable investment in infrastructure to make buildings more energy efficient.
The greenhouse gas emissions track that is shown in chart 1 in the technical note seems to run counter to the view of the Tyndall centre for climate change research, which is that larger cuts must happen more quickly if cumulative emissions are to be kept to a level at which dangerous climate change will be avoided. Chart 1 shows a rapid increase in control...
I will attempt to answer some of them.The cycle of legislative reform in this area is relatively rapid. In recent times, the cycle has been around 20 years, although as we become more alert, with a devolved Government and improved communication, the cycle might go faster.
For those who persist, a fine will change their behaviour.The recent and rapid success of Asda's scheme, and schemes such as the one at Braehead shopping centre, are testament to what we can achieve.
Secondly, as I hope members will know, we are keen on a sort of fast-link system or a type of pre-light rapid transit tram or tram/bus arrangement in Glasgow.
A good example of that, if we look to the past, is ecstasy—there was a rapid explosion and then, as with an epidemic, there was a tail-off and some form of natural decay.The early intervention and prevention efforts work best when they are front loaded.