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It seems to me that that combination of legislative commitment and financial investment is the surest sign yet that we have a new politics in Scotland. That new politics is working.
I am not saying that enforcement is not necessary, but that my interest has moved towards treatment and rehabilitation.The statistics in Scotland are frightening. The latest figure from Professor Neil McKegney is that there are 55,000 addicts.
When there is a limited amount for investment and somebody is screaming for new machines, new equipment or a new production line, it is a huge challenge to use that money for training.
I was worried at first about the introduction of tuition fees in some schools; now we have this latest move to break the statutory link with teachers' pay.
Perhaps existing organisations or their departments will be tweaked to become an MMO, without creating a brand new MMO. A brand new MMO would be a mistake.
At the same time, warnings were sent to learning providers.On 26 October, the English and Northern Irish gave six weeks' notice of the closure of their schemes, to take effect from 7 December.