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That further LCM is simply a minor technical amendment to add the new organised crime offences in the supplementary LCM mentioned above to the schedule for the proceeds of organised crime as being indicative of a criminal lifestyle.
Decisions about whether to approve those guidelines are for the High Court. The new Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has written to the chair of the Sentencing Council to discuss its important work.
I put on record the commission’s thanks to Diane McGiffen, who has recently left her role as chief operating officer of Audit Scotland. She is taking up a new position as chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland.
All they hear is that, by next spring, the Government might manage to meet the bare minimum of expectations—which is that people who need treatment actually get it. However, without teeth, the new standards will not make a dent in the crisis.
That was evident to me as a member of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee when I visited the islands. When the committee visited Orkney and the Western Isles, there was a general appetite for double devolution.
Free transport under the class connections programme is also available for schools to visit museums; it is not just for visits to sports facilities and swimming pools.
We want to ensure that women can access the roles on public boards, because we will then be able to create a new generation of role models for young people—in particular, young women, who will be able to see that those jobs are for them.