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That has important consequences for our proposed budget, as a new Parliament and a new corporate body may set different priorities with consequential impacts on the SPCB's budget.
I hope that, if they are agreed to, they might set a new trend and a new approach.Basically, the bill contains a power that allows the Executive to enter into contracts for tagging.
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.
Here, especially in the west of Scotland—an area with which I am familiar—we can see the difference that the money is making through the employment of more radiologists and cancer nurse specialists and the buying of new machinery and equipment for endoscopy and imaging services.
Amendment 88 inserts into the bill a new section after section 31; the new section itself inserts proposed new section 298A into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
The deaf are just as interested in politics, current affairs and literature as any hearing people. When I was MP for Hamilton, I visited the deaf school, and the children then paid a visit to the House of Commons.