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I wonder and worry what would have happened if the committee had closed the petition, but the fact is that the words that the committee used and the view that it expressed have resulted in the action that is being taken.
He said: “I spent last week in a meeting with European experts from several jurisdictions and many of them were expressing concern about the increasing numbers of prisoners opting to ‘max out’ on their sentences, in order to avoid ... the painful uncertainties attendant on discretionary release schemes and ... the more and more intrusive and sometimes disp...
The question is whether the minister will listen to the views that are being expressed and, if there is clear evidence that a new designation is needed, act on that basis or whether he will stick with the line that he has taken in the response, which is that he has not been persuaded of “the case for a new ... designation”.
The majority of respondents were not in favour of including sites of special scientific interest and Ramsar sites and, as these sites are not within the scope of the Directive, they have not been included in the draft Regulations.
A very detailed calculation would need to be done to see whether that would benefit people when compared to, for example, reintroducing tax credits or compensating people for the loss of tax credits.