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I know that young people who have been subjected to abuse welcome the knowledge that they will not have to be surprised by meeting their abuser in the street without being given advance warning that that person was about to be released.There are also tensions about the proposal for a register of people who are not fit to work with young people because of su...
That is not the way in which to build long-term prosperity for Scotland and it is not a responsible way in which to meet the challenges that we face. It is typical of the Opposition's opportunism.
I suggest that we take a short break while the minister and his team assemble. Meeting suspended. On resuming— I welcome Hugh Henry, the Deputy Minister for Justice, who has come along to give us more evidence.
It is vital that the Executive demands that DWP policies are dovetailed to meet Scotland's needs and priorities, rather than an arbitrary London-based assessment of the situation.I want to move on quickly to something that has concerned me for a long time—tied housing.
If assessment is properly built in, it will meet the needs of the school, the teachers, the pupils and the parents, and there will be a virtuous circle.
In those circumstances, change is not sustained.To meet our aim of addressing acute inequalities between neighbourhoods, our approach to urban regeneration deals with the physical, economic and social needs of our most disadvantaged.