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Why should we accept as applications telephone calls, personal visits and conversations? We appreciate the arguments for freedom of information requests to be in writing or in electronic format.
As a list member who has to get around the 10 constituencies in Central Scotland, I know that it is very much easier to visit places with an effective station and railway line, such as Polmont, Falkirk and Croy, which serves Cumbernauld.
Such a situation was always a possibility for anyone visiting a school who had a friendly face and was someone in whom children thought they could confide.
We are making efforts to attract people from ethnic minorities into the service by visiting universities and so on. We want to get across the message that the Crown Office and the procurator fiscal service welcome candidates from ethnic minorities.If the committee would like me to go into any of those issues in more detail, I will be happy to oblige.
That is why an annual minimum of 20 days for part-time sheriffs has been inserted into the bill.Secondly, there was concern about the Executive making excessive use of temporary sheriffs—we visited that argument in our debate on the previous group of amendments—with some temporary sheriffs sitting for as many days in the year as a permanent sheriff.
High quality trees, woods and forests can help make Scotland a better place for people to live and work and visit." Part 2 of the strategy develops the analysis and explains how we can help to realise that vision, using forestry to contribute to the economy, to conserve and improve the environment and to enhance the quality of life of communities.