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Glasgow is concerned that that puts a specific burden on it compared with other local authorities. Glasgow has raised dozens of concerns about licensing.
Instead of providing some mechanical description of the number of visits or contacts that are to be made, any definition of supervision needs to focus on outcomes.
I shall concentrate on three areas of the report—first, the initial reports of events; secondly, the response to the alleged crimes; and, thirdly, the restrictions and exceptions on evidence that relates to sexual offences.
I will start.We have been informed that the figure that Scottish Natural Heritage first supplied was for year 3 of operation. We should not compare the year 1 figure with the year 3 figure.
When that adjustment is made, I think that the decline is just over 1 per cent, which is not quite as significant or exciting as Mr Salmond might like to make it, in particular when it is compared with the high numbers in the immediately preceding year.