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The Equality and Voluntary Issues Group is the administrative group within the Scottish Executive which deals with the Executive's responsibilities for the promotion of equality and support of the voluntary sector.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 February 2000
As I made clear when announcing the conclusions of the Strategic Roads Review on 4 November, this road is to be promoted by the City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire Councils.
I have read it, and feel that we must comment on it at a preliminary stage, at least; the overall impression—which would bear out our own experience from visits to Longriggend and Low Moss—is that remand prisoners in Scotland are being held in worse conditions than are convicted prisoners.