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(S2F-1327) No one will be surprised to hear me say that the answer is no, they will not still be charged on new year's day. I am gratified that, within 24 hours of my lodging that question, the Executive has taken such action.
You have just mentioned consultation; there are also the matters of transposition notes and consolidation. As you are new to the committee Adam, it might be helpful if I were to get Alasdair Rankin, the clerk, to give you a list of the on-going issues.
Rob Gibson might be aware that, earlier this year, I announced a further £20 million of new funding dedicated to energy efficiency measures in the public sector—in local authorities, health boards and Scottish Water.
Members indicated agreement. We move on to creating new offences by regulation. A rather interesting account of the matter has been provided by the legal adviser—I hope that nobody will get life imprisonment as a result of this.
Figures released by the Executive show that the number of prisoners recalled from licence reached a new high of 239 in 2002. Does the First Minister accept that his publicly expressed confidence in his Minister for Justice is no longer matched by public confidence in the justice system?
I look forward to the development of its work in due course. We introduced the new format of question time so that we could have in-depth answers—that was a supreme example of one.
What should MSPs do to encourage the public's participation in the consultations? I am always looking for new ways to involve the community of Scotland in the Parliament's deliberations.
Despite assurances about the right of the Mitchell family to be kept informed prior to any parole decision, the family was left to find out from a journalist on the Evening Times that Mr Drummond had been released on 48 hours' unsupervised leave as part of preparation for parole. That news has left the Mitchell family distraught and fearful.Will the ministe...
Over the next 10 years or so, we will continue to contribute significant amounts of money to new rail projects.The projections on which the Commission for Integrated Transport has based its analysis relate to an expansion of the rail network with more passengers than ever before wanting to make use of the rail services between Scotland and London.