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The arrival of payday loan shops on our high streets is a phenomenon that matches the recession—they were not here in the same numbers before the recession.
More details about the remit and timeline of those reforms would be welcome before the summer recess. I call Jackie Dunbar. This is Ms Dunbar’s first speech in the Parliament.
In calculating the 60-day period, no account will be taken of instances when Parliament is in recess for more than four days or when it has been dissolved.
If we are unable to do so, we will return to it after the February recess. We have approximately three hours set aside in which to complete proceedings today.
I implore you to make sure that the questions are responded to over the recess so that we can work on our report to the timetable that the Parliament has set us.
We are just coming out of the 10-year cycle of infrastructure investment following the recession. As we go forward and build the A9 and A96, we need to keep an eye on the remainder of the network.
That is why section 6 also provides that individuals whose release date ordinarily falls on a Thursday will have their release date moved to the nearest preceding suitable date.