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I recently invited the chair of the minister's oversight group for the efficient government review, John McLelland, to visit the Borders to see a project through which local agencies are taking the lead: the new sheriff court in Peebles.
There seems to be consensus that the new offence of grooming is necessary, but what does it add to existing criminal law and what is the scale of the problem that section 1 seeks to address?
I am pleased that walking distance is to be one of the criteria for new-build schools. Where I live, one of the latest schools to be built was constructed with a network of paths to nearby housing areas, which gives the children a safe walk to school.
Lewis has drawn attention to the fact that change is taking place as we speak, so although our time scale is tight, I would hope that the beginning of April would be the latest time at which we would address this matter.