This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
In another case that we did, it took one of my colleagues, who is as close to an expert as you can get in this, the best part of an afternoon to work out which reliefs to apply and in what order.
The more the wording is opened up, the more it will bring in people who should not be brought in. Where do you draw the line? The best approach would be for the explanatory notes to clarify application of the regulations in those circumstances.
In the context of domestic abuse, in particular, it is important to talk to victims not only because it is the right thing to do but because, empirically, they are the best predictor of further harm by the perpetrator.
The modernisation of our criminal justice system is certainly long overdue, and making the best use of technology and digital advancements is entirely sensible.
I think that we have already answered the question around the timescale as best we can. It would be wrong of me to sit here and try to give a definitive timescale at this point.