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The summary justice reforms are coming through and are tackling the police time problem that members have identified.Robert Brown referred to visiting Tulliallan.
I will ask Mr Ewart to answer the first part of Mr Brown's question shortly. My recollection of Mr Ewart's evidence is that he said that the figure was not a target and that it was"not a line in the sand … but an indicator".
We must, as Fergus Ewing and Robert Brown said, ensure that the system focuses on the cases that need to be dealt with, with others perhaps being addressed in different ways.
The way in which the Government has drafted its motion is not helpful. My colleague Robert Brown has pointed out an inherent contradiction in the Government's position.
I suspend the meeting briefly for a comfort break before we move on to agenda item 2 with the same witnesses in place.15:56 Meeting suspended. 16:02 On resuming—Transport (Major Issues) Transport (Major Issues) Item 2 is a further evidence session with Keith Brown, Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and his colleagues Jim Barton and Frances Duffy,...
He is accompanied by his colleagues Paul Martin, director of the health workforce directorate; Alex Smith, director of the health finance directorate, and Alistair Brown, deputy director of the health delivery directorate.