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The short answer to your question is that it has got better. It is best when it is third sector-led and when the third sector is identifying people within the cohort that it is reaching out to, who then need us and the local authority to step in.
It is critical that redress Scotland acts in the best interests of survivors, both in the way that it handles their claims and in the awards that it makes.
I think the question is which is the best committee for it go to, and the suggestion is that it should go to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee.
We have promoted amendments in the House of Commons and House of Lords to retain the charter of fundamental rights, and we are quite open that that would be the best way for those rights to be maintained and respected.
My question is whether criminalising it is the best way to change such an attitude, or whether it is better to address the attitude, because it will continue to exist.
We appreciate that it is difficult to do, so what is the best method of doing it? I was always amused by trying to measure corporation tax in Scotland.