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The main point is that there is clearly still some uncertainty about both the likely scale of liabilities for the non-personal injury cases and the speed at which new prison estate will come on stream for the two new prisons and, as the convener pointed out, for Peterhead.
We ought to probe it rather than just assume that it is true because people say that it is true.Spending on education has grown for 20 years or so, but there is a huge debate among education researchers about the best way of tackling inequalities. Some believe that the best way is simply to put money into education; others believe that the best way is to target inequalities.
A publication is in preparation—it will be published on 26 November—which looks across the suite of inspections that we have undertaken in the first three years of our work for SFEFC.
Lord McCluskey and Lord Mackay of Clashfern—both eminent people who are accepted as objective observers who have the best interests of Scots law at heart—have recently raised such questions.
Perhaps part of the dissatisfaction with the current system arises because people feel that the charge, never mind the punishment, does not fit the crime. I wonder how we can best advance consideration of that, if indeed the committee has taken evidence on it.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any Ministers have visited or intend to visit the Millennium Dome as part of their official duties and, if so, what lessons they learned or hope to learn from such a visit.