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His letter advised that, as a result, the Scottish Government had commissioned an independent review by Grant Thornton LLP to determine the circumstances which had given rise to this arrangement.1Gray, P. (2018, March 7). Letter from Paul Gray to Convener 7 March 2018.
Clause 41(2) and (7) (clause 39(2) and (7) on introduction): Commencement
Power conferred on: The Scottish Ministers
Power exercised by: Regulations
Parliamentary Procedure: None
Provisions
Clause 41(2) enables the Scottish Ministers to commence those provisions in the Bill that do not come into force on Royal Ass...
In that context, community justice is making steady progress and, overall, the number of community sentences has increased; it increased by 7 per cent over the course of the past year.
—Neil Gray 16:41 Today, we are being asked to write what is in effect a blank cheque to make it easier to choose to die than to live. I do not believe that voting to do that is a neutral act—it has consequences.