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We need better working conditions, the best competitive salaries and opportunities for professional development to retain staff and attract new recruits.
The SPS has kept its population management strategy under review to ensure the best use of the estate, including by introducing a centralised and more strategic process for prisoner transfers.
Therefore, it is not a choice between three options; it will be a case of mix and match at a local level to best meet the needs of strategic transport and buses.
However, it is worth restating that the very best way for Ferguson Marine to be supported into future public or private contracts is to increase its competitiveness.
The custody units support women to develop key life skills and a degree of independence in order to give them the best possible chance of a successful return to the community after leaving custody.
Whether it is Australia or South Africa, we are keen to work in the international arena to share some of that best practice. I also extend my best wishes to the member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.
The response so far to the calls has been, at best, insufficient. In developing our budget for 2024-25, I am guided by our three missions of equality, community and opportunity, and by the Bute house agreement.
The mental health and wellbeing strategy’s vision is of a Scotland free from stigma and inequality, where everyone fulfils the right to achieve the best mental health and wellbeing possible.
I ask Daniel Johnson to be very brief. I will try my best. For campaigners against use of seclusion and restraint, the exclusion of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 will be a disappointment.
I will respond to the convener in a way that I hope will be helpful and clear. I will do my best to be succinct. The process that we are all now following was set out in the 2016 act.