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The sheriff principal does not know about that—I think that my legal colleague Robert Brown is nodding in agreement—and cannot be in control.On bail, I agree that there should not be a statutory right to bail.
I do not know how those people are meant to pay for solicitors, who are—with all respect to Robert Brown—rather expensive. That would only increase their debts further, unless they got very good advice.
Oil is an all-Scotland industry and an all-Scotland resource.Of course the industry will change. We need to move towards brown-field and fallow-field development.
Firms are laying off staff and are demanding the return of desks in payment for unpaid bills. Can Robert Brown imagine that happening in the public sector?
We need mediation, reparation, community service orders and adequate supervision by social workers. As Robert Brown said, social work departments are short of people.
To put it simply, the great British public does not trust the Government in London to deliver such a revenue-neutral scheme. They do not trust Gordon Brown to alter our taxation system in a fair way.