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We have to go out there and talk to people to make them feel that Government officials and politicians in Scotland have a genuine interest in engaging with them.
How is an officer to know that such a situation exists on the ground if he has not been to the address before? What other official business would he have to be at that address but to serve a charge?
I fully believe that the Minister for Finance and Local Government and his officials are keen to participate in the process of improving the way in which the budget process operates.
Is it the SNP of Jim Mather, who wants to cut taxes, or the socialist republic SNP of Christine Grahame, who said:"We need to raise taxes and redistribute the wealth in Scotland"?—Official Report, 19 January 2005; c 13601.
Section 6 is a major point of contention.The bill would also result in inflationary pressures on sentences. We have already heard from officials that serious supervision of people with sentences of six months or less—in practice, probably 18 months or less—is not possible.