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How will you make that known to people so that they can come forward with their experiences and views? We discussed the best way to do that quite extensively at the first victims task force meeting.
I am trying to understand the impact on some of the decisions that are made. Everyone wants the best possible custody facilities. In a previous career, I did health and safety inspections of premises, as Mr Steele did, and we wanted the very best.
It is why I said that, while these proposals are unashamedly motivated by Scotland’s best interests, they are in the best interests of the rest of the UK as well.
You asked what “best interests” means. We will produce guidance specifically on what “capacity” and “best interests” mean and on the assessment of those things.
That will allow an assessment in the light of a session’s worth of experience of the best way of achieving a fair, transparent and effective outcome that is in line with all the Smith principles.