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In the first session, we delivered record police numbers and we provided new powers for the police and the courts and new protection for the victims of crime.
Having the general equality standard takes the benchmark a step further. The new duty of best value requires equalities to be mainstreamed within performance management structures.
People want effective and quick justice and they want to see in their own communities what that means in practice—I welcome the comments that the minister made following her recent visit to New York.People also want consistent justice.
Will he make an early appointment to visit the constituency of his new deputy, Elaine Murray, to hear what people there have to say about the impact of his policies on culture, sport and tourism?
Is part of it up and running already? On visits to fiscals' offices, I have been aware that something has been going on and that new systems are being tested.