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What is the value of apologies that this Scottish Government has given to many women across Scotland, on many other issues, who have not been fully compensated?
I do not think that the scheme is designed to replace court action for many people. Indeed, I think that many of the people who will best take advantage of the redress scheme would rarely seek benefit from court action.
I hope that the same number of protesters as there were down south will not be reflected up here. If it is, we are talking about many, many hundreds of people, so we are already beginning the planning to look at that issue.
We should not lose sight of the fact that many people consider the current system to be complicated, frustrating, time consuming and, in many cases, impenetrable.