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To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place to ensure that both male and female prison officers are available to search prisoners at visiting times. I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond.
As I made clear in my response to S1W-33632, it is for individual ministerialprivate offices to ensure that constituency MSPs, Regional MSPs and MPs are notifiedwhen official visits take place. S2W-07519
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2001
His response is as follows:SPS has no record of any prison visiting committee having made representations since 1997 on the treatment of sex offenders in prisons.
As raptors are a protected species, you are not comparing like with like. I bear no ill-will towards sport shooting and I recognise that it is an entirely legitimate activity.
The Western Isles are in the fortunate position of having witnessed an increase in house prices, although prices there are still low when compared to those in most parts of Scotland.
All that is missing is the music of Tchaikovsky.The Deputy First Minister who has just executed a U-turn on prisons has now made a U-turn of comparable proportions, yet we are given to understand that the Deputy First Minister will continue as if nothing has happened.
Is the regulatory impact assessment the place or should the focus be on the policy memorandum? Should we just have a checklist à la the Welsh Assembly Government, but pulled back slightly?