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This is a complex area both legally and practically, not least because of the need to ensure that any statutory disabilities placed on such persons do not result in an aggravation of their sentence in breach of Article 7(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.While those returning to this country on completion of their sentence cannot be made subject...
The test must be that we should have fair, balanced and accurate coverage in news reporting, that we should have world news, national news and Scottish news, that such reporting should be inclusive and certainly not insular and that the...
We will be looking to finish at the end of October, or at the latest, the beginning of November. Obviously, that will be dictated by the number of people we call to provide oral evidence.
Quite a few of the people who have given evidence to the committee over the past few weeks clearly have concerns about moving from the current regulations to the new legislation. Indeed, you all reflect on that issue in your written evidence and talk about the need for effective guidance.
At Westminster, things get interesting—I am not sure whether this has happened here—when, for example, the Government claims that it has spent £1 million on new desks but a civil servant tells a committee that in fact the amount that has been spent is only £500,000.