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The strategy sets out how we can get better at identifying and supporting victims, at identifying perpetrators and disrupting their activity, at addressing the broader conditions that foster trafficking, and at raising awareness across the board.
It is not about whether or not the defence has been used before; it is about the need to get rid of it, in order to get rid of the societal message that says that it is justifiable and reasonable for parents or care givers to hit children.
How many people from Scotland apply to medical school in Scotland and have the qualifications for entry but do not get accepted? My understanding is that probably about 90 per cent of those who apply and who have the qualifications to get in do not actually get in.
I might be being naive, but I am not aware of claimants receiving a report prior to a decision being made. They do not get one from us. That is correct—they do not get one from Salus.
Our approach to games and the games industry is stuck in the 1980s, and we need to get it up to speed.We should acknowledge that the games industry is a different kind of industry.
I urge the cabinet secretary to be cautious and to move forward carefully, working with the professionals, to ensure that we get this right, because we must get it right.