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I am aware that, at a UK level, there was support for the whole campaign, which we are happy to endorse.In Scotland, we have a very active campaign to reduce smoking. The latest stage will be the public consultation on smoking in public places.
Under the system of assythment, the victim was much more at the heart of the criminal justice process and making good was thought to be the best way forward. The ideas are not new, which is why the title of the report contains the word, "rethinking".
In those circumstances, the petitioners would be best advised to deal with the Executive directly, as we do not have the time to take this forward.I know that the petitioners are here, although they are not before us in any formal capacity.
I agree—we will reply that we wrote with the best of intentions and that the Executive would have been better to admit its culpability because we were not reproaching it in any way.