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I end with his last message of hope:"Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair."—Official Report, House of Commons, 1 March 1955; Vol 537, c 1905.
I worked in the Scottish Prison Service for 26 years, and have seen the huge changes in prisons brought about by the fact that the overwhelming majority of prisoners have committed drug-related offences or are involved in drugs.
I thank our witnesses for coming along. We will have Executive officials at our next meeting, and you have given us food for thought and ammunition for questions to those witnesses.
We have taken evidence on the matter previously. We have with us officials from the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department and the Executive's legal team, should members wish to ask further questions on the issue.
We are comfortable with that, but we are not happy that prostitution still happens.We certainly have to respond to the changing nature of the problem, but we do not want the responsibility of managing the prostitution that takes place within an area, as has happened in the official tolerance zones in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, where the local authority can be...
I thank the witnesses for coming along today and for their written submissions. The Official Report will be out in a few days, so you will be able to see your words of wisdom in print.
I cannot remember who was giving evidence at the meeting; it was possibly your predecessor, Wendy Alexander. One of the officials at that meeting said that there were proposals that would make it easier for communities and small-scale operators to receive Government support in taking advantage of renewable technology.