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I believe that“The Commission recommends that, if the Act”—that is, the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007—“is to be implemented, its implementation must follow the implementation of this Commission's other recommendations and the achievement of a reduction in the short sentence prison population”.That, of course, is a quotation from the report of Henry McLeish, the former Labour First Minister of Scotland.We should compare...
I am delighted that Tavish Scott has returned to this subject, as I can now explain the conundrum that he put to us last week of the so-called £50 million that Jeremy Purvis said we could save. Last week, Tavish Scott compared salaries of more than £100,000 over two successive years.
I have closely scrutinised the evidence on this matter, and I remind the First Minister that the new data on minimum pricing from the University of Sheffield now predict almost half the number of alcohol deaths that the first estimate did, and 38 per cent fewer hospital admissions over 10 years compared with previously. How can the Health and Sport Committe...
The trade union perspective was more hopeful concerning the prospects for Scandinavia compared with those for Ireland. The opportunity to hear about those different perspectives and to ask questions was appreciated by Scottish trade union members as well as by the MSPs who were present at the event.
This year marked a significant step backwards in terms of the data that we got, compared with those that were received under the previous arrangements that were agreed by the Finance Committee and the Government.
For that reason, I would support amendment 72 and the majority of the other amendments in the group, with the exception, I am afraid, of Patrick Harvie’s.