As set forth in our response to the Scottish Government consultation, we agree with a general proposal that the point of release on non-parole licence for those serving a long-term sentence should be at an earlier point, that the point of release should be proportionate to sentence length (as opposed to a fixed point), and that extending the period that some people serving long-term sentences spend in the community before the end of their sentence from 6 months to one-third of the sentence length (consistent with the pre-2016 position) is appropriate, where adequate support is in place.