But we need to meet the moment.

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The carbon markets will certainly not be the only policy mechanism required for us to achieve the environmental objective scientists warn us we need to meet but it can certainly be an effective tool to begin to scale up the finance and investments that will put us on a safer carbon emissions trajectory.

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But also, frankly, I was critical of William Hague's mission into Benghazi to meet the rebels that clearly went wrong, but we need to understand these people and who they are and their aspirations.

BBC: Transcript of Douglas Alexander interview

"There is good clinical evidence that longer consultations will allow us to do that, but if we are to meet all the targets the government is setting us we need far more GPs, and more nurses, " he added.

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Yes, but do we really want every hospital to try to meet every need?

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Mr Brown's government had been seeking to increase the numbers of homes being built in recent years, but the prime minister admitted that "we failed over many years to build enough houses to meet the need that was there".

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"We are not removing services from Bronglais Hospital but working to ensure resources are in the right place to meet patient need, " he added.

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