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The bill says that the Scottish ministers "may make payments", but I suspect that you could introduce mechanisms that make it explicit that they would be in a position to disqualify people who, they felt, had contributed to their own problems.
The Executive has already dealt with a number of points that the committee raised and its proposals are welcome. Some points may be dealt with by the sentencing bill that we will get later in the year, but we do not know yet.
Given that that process is at an early stage, I am not in a position to say what ministers may or may not decide to do with the safety camera partnerships in Scotland in years to come.
That gets us round the problem of setting a dangerous precedent. May I make another suggestion? It might be worth speaking to Whitecraig community council, which feels that it has not been consulted.
I do not reject out of hand the idea that there may be increased uptake of the service; to say otherwise would not be a fair reflection of my point of view.