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We need to be clear: Scotland and its citizens have been an integral part of the EU for 40 years and our situation cannot be compared with any states that have never been a part of the EU.
I say this with a degree of caution because we have to take a long-term view of these things, but it is worth pointing out that freight tonnage is up by 38 per cent in this financial year compared with the previous financial year.
Background
The Policy Memorandum compares the penalties in section 5 of the Bill to the section 40 offence in the RRA, where maximum penalties (on indictment) are an unlimited fine, and/or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
Different societies make different decisions. In 1972, I visited the remains of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Red Square, and in 1978, I visited the embalmed remains of Mao Zedong in Beijing.
Given the evidence provided, we are satisfied that an exceptional summary maximum penalty of £20,000 can be justified for the offence in question.The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill has now passed its report and third reading stages in the House of Commons and was formally introduced into the House of Lords on Monday 12 September....
Much of the evidence that we heard was harrowing. We visited Shakti Women’s Aid and heard from Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid and were deeply affected by the harrowing stories from the women there.