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Most of the groups that are listed here, with the possible exception of disabled people and older people, include the sorts of people who do not naturally come forward.
We must all recognise that the sacrifices that we must make to tackle climate change are nothing compared with the cost that we will pay if we do nothing to tackle it.
Some years ago, I made a television documentary for Channel 4 called "Scotland the Grave". The programme compared two communities on the outskirts of Glasgow: Clarkston and Castlemilk.
That idea was given brief consideration during stage 1, but it might have been useful to have more detail about the proposal so that we could compare and contrast. I dare say that the idea might resurrect itself during the later stages of the bill.
Some education authorities already take a defensive approach and say that any adult who comes into a school, other than when visiting about their own child, should have Disclosure Scotland status.
The majority of that cost was for solicitors' time. It is interesting to compare that with the ACPOS figures that show a police constable's time coming in at £17 an hour, whereas a solicitor's time comes in at £110 an hour.
Does the member accept that it is not necessary to look that far to find such discrepancies in life expectancy and mortality rates? One need only compare Drumchapel and Bearsden to find differences in life expectancy of 10 years and differences in mortality rates for children.
It is possible to remove them and for the bill still to fall within the remit of the ombudsman—I do not think that there would be any difficulty in doing so.I point out, however, that the provisions for enforcement in the bill are as nothing compared to the provisions in Comunn na Gàidhlig's original documentation and proposals for secure status—and fortuna...