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It is suggested that the committee agree simply to note the latest Executive response and to pass a copy of the letter to the petitioners for information.
Section 198—Removal to place of safety Amendment 799 is grouped with amendments 653, 800, 654, 657 to 661, 803 and 662. Amendment 657 will introduce a new section in new part 15A, relating to entry to premises.
I will ask Maureen Macmillan and Lord James Douglas-Hamilton to comment on the visit to Edinburgh prison. In Saughton, as in Barlinnie, there is a tremendous contrast between the old and new buildings.
Before being formally lodged, the petition was hosted on the e-petitions site between 26 October 2005 and 16 December 2005, during which time it gathered 710 signatures and 10 comments.