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Oregon, Belgium and Switzerland have comparable population sizes to Scotland’s, although what happens here will not necessarily be the same as what has happened in Oregon, because of the nature of the bill.
I have not looked into what happens in other countries, but I would be a bit anxious about comparing what we do with what is done in America, because it is such a money-soaked democracy.
Alex Salmond said: "the 2014 games will be cheap compared with the London Olympics".It is not necessary to set one against the other, and we should stop doing that.
His proposal is that two thirds fewer knife criminals will go to jail, but we think that that sends out the wrong message entirely, which is why we propose mandatory minimum sentences, except in exceptional circumstances, as Bill Butler made clear.
How can we get people to save when children are living in poverty and when there are the levels of indebtedness that Lindsay Isaacs mentioned? I visited the Motherwell and Wishaw CAB a couple of weeks ago.
All our economic eggs were put into one basket.Sadly, in such an unequal society, the recent recessionary pain is visited most on those who are least able to bear it.
We have heard an example in which police called at a school to talk to a young man about the court process that he was going to have to go through, so what had happened to him was made public to his schoolmates. The police visit did not take place at a time or place that he wanted, and he did not necessarily want everyone else to know about the ordeal that ...
I hope that ministers and other members will give serious consideration to the campaign that is being taken forward by Unite and the bill that is being brought forward by Patricia Ferguson, because we believe that this is a crucial issue if we are to put first the goal that Unite and its members and workers have identified: to protect and serve the interests of the industry’s most important resource—its people.12:40 I apologise because I might not be able to remain in the chamber until the end of the debate. I have constituents visiting...