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It has been largely unchanged, and the new draft was laid in January 2022, but the concerns of industry, experts and members have been dismissed by ministers.
My problem is not only that the Home Office is not talking to the cabinet secretary; it is not talking to Police Scotland. Recently, I went on a visit to Inverness on a Friday evening and I saw at first hand how pushed officers there were.
When we have those results from Police Scotland, I will be more than happy to relay them to the member, as the First Minister communicated in his visit in December.
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
—Official Report, Justice Committee, 26 September 2017; c 17. However, all those concerns were not shared by Sheriff Principal Taylor when he responded to that issue at committee.