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Those measures were necessary and essential but, nearly 10 years on, we still have a persistent and long-term problem with knife crime in Glasgow and the west of Scotland.If people care to look at them, the statistics on the scale of the problem are quite chilling. Already in 2004, at least 26 murders have taken place within the greater Glasgow area.
To launch the document amid a big song and dance would have led to criticism, with people saying, "What is new in the document?" To be blunt, not much is new in the document; it is a statement of what we seek to achieve.
Amendment 24, by agreement, withdrawn. Amendments 25 and 26 not moved. Amendment 51, in the name of Maureen Macmillan, is grouped with amendments 52, 1, 53, 2, 3, 27, 4, 54, 81, 82, 13 to 15, 46 and 16.
As I understand it, if somebody is a member of, for example, an enterprise board and is put on the board of a new company, his activities on the board of the new company are covered by this bill.
Today's debate is a milestone for the Scottish Parliament, because it is the first occasion on which the chamber has discussed a proposal for a committee bill. That is a new constitutional development, as there is no such power at Westminster.Twenty years ago, I visited the late First Minister in his somewhat crowded...