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In opening, I say that we should remember that the debate was originally scheduled for 19 September last year, to coincide with the original date of the UN special session on children.
I encourage—indeed I urge—all organisations to put their views into the debate.It is important to acknowledge that we have plans to pool all the information at a later date. We will then seek to draw up a strategy on the basis of which we will consult.
Peterhead prison was built in 1888 of shuttered concrete that is long past its sell-by date. There is no in-cell power and all prisoners have to slop out.
I do not know whether any member of the committee has seen an opinion provided by a constituent? It specifies the date on which the complainant wrote to the professional body and what they said.
That made up the deficit.The conclusion that we reached on that particular date was that the schedule of figures, which showed a deficit of £541,000, could not be reconciled.
Now, we take the full cost of that person's pension, between their early retirement date and the normal retirement date, and charge that to the year when they go.
The result of that process will be presented to the community safety partnership at the earliest possible date. There have been time-scale problems in the CSF—we have dropped behind schedule.