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A number of years ago, as a member of the Health Committee during the Parliament's second session, I had the privilege of visiting the impressive new hospitals in the Western Isles.
The lofty astragalled windows of Edinburgh's new town are one of our civic glories, and one does not improve them by visiting one's local DIY store.The costs of triple glazing such windows are formidable.
According to information in the paperwork, no new applications for such clubs have been granted since 2004, so the position does not appear to be changing.
The legislation in England and Wales is new. I think that part of it has still to be enacted and the main part was commenced in 2014, so we have a long way to go until we see how effective it is and how it plays out.
From my perspective, it is very valuable that the new Police Scotland national child abuse investigation unit will provide a national resource with a range of specialist skills and expertise.
I am not in a position to say whether they work well or not. There are various regimes. The new United Kingdom regime was set up with the particular purpose of dealing with an identified problem and particular issues that were on the BBC news all the time.