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I was disappointed when Keith Halliwell, on his visit here, suggested that the police should be left to decide which users of cannabis should be lifted and which should be left.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2003
There is a danger that, if we continually legislate for new things and make new things happen, we will never have the time to bed down the new things that we are currently doing and that might be shown to work.It is a case of things' becoming fashionable.
The committee is coming to Aberdeen on 26 February for the whole day. It is worth your having a look at that report, because I think that you would be surprised by some of the comments in it.
I want to promote the report of the Auditor General for Scotland, which is an independent report and is not based on promotional or personal interests.