To deliver this we must address theunacceptably high rate of re-offending we see in Scotland.Today I am launching Re:duce,Re:habilitate, Re:form – A Consultation on Reducing Reoffending in Scotland.This meets our partnership agreement commitment to consult on the establishmentof a single agency to deliver custodial and non-custodial sentences.Over the next 12 weeks,officials from the Scottish Executive Justice Department and secondees from the ScottishPrison Service, local authorities and voluntary sector, will be undertaking aseries of meetings, workshops and discussion groups to listen to the views ofthose with an interest in the criminal justice system.