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Many people simply walk home from the city centre because they cannot get a taxi. It is quite frightening for a parent to think that their child or young person is walking quite a long distance to get home because they simply cannot get home any other way.
We do not want that to happen; we want businesses to get the support that they deserve. A lot of businesses just ask us to get out of the way so that they can get on and do what they want to do, which is fine.
We need more transparency and agility so that we have the opportunity to better align what we are offering and providing with the needs of the economy. If we pull that together, we will get to the place that we are looking to get to.
Physiotherapy is a key profession in getting elderly patients who are stuck in hospital—Mr Rowley said this in his opening remarks—more mobile and able to function, and getting them home and much more independent.
How would members such as Monica Lennon, Mark Ruskell and me know that our area is being actively considered, so that we can get involved and support any bids or pilots that may be in the pipeline?
There is a big gain for us if we can get people to be more active. Progress is being made on the national physical activity implementation plan that I announced in May.
We are not experts on what other organisations seek to get out of their activities in schools, but we have done some research on other public service visits to schools.