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Section 15—Victim's right to receive information concerning release etc of offender Amendment 24 is grouped with amendments 44, 25, 26 to 29, 91, 30, 31 and 92. I am glad to speak briefly to amendment 24.
Our clerks contacted the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, which got back to the committee to say that it was broadly content with the new regulations.Is the committee content with the regulations?
It is not possible to restate commitments time after time in documents, but there is no doubt that we see that as the future and that we look forward to the subject being included in the new three to 18 curriculum, which will be the first such curriculum in Scotland.
I am aware that the member has intimated her intention to introduce a bill to prevent large stores from trading on Christmas day and new year's day. Does the minister agree that Scotland's hard-working retail staff serve our needs 363 days of the year and should be able to look forward to celebrating Christmas and new year's day with their friends and family?
To have a committee in Ofcom with responsibility for Scottish interests might be a better option than to have one individual with all those responsibilities on the Ofcom board.The discussion that we are having is not whether Scottish interests can be better represented in the new structure, but how they will be better represented in the new structure.
The changes have been explained, therefore the question has been answered, but the answer begs the further question of what will happen under the new system. Do you mean because we do not yet know what the new system will produce?