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We are not asking for anything unusual, although it may be new in Scotland. The committee's previous discussion did not make explicit the fact that the custodial part of a sentence includes punishment and protection of the public.
Amendments 367 to 392 moved—Malcolm Chisholm—and agreed to. We come now to group 26, on the period for which a compulsory treatment or compulsion order may be extended.
If the area officer has a problem, as I do with what is happening in the Borders, we make frequent visits. I have been to the Borders at least once a fortnight to visit schools and meet officials.