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The Scottish Government remains committed to preventing children from getting involved in offending behaviour and to taking action to stop any reoffending where they do get involved.
At stage 1, a clear line was drawn—commercial activity can be restricted, but social or political activity should not be, even if commercial brands are involved.
Some of the work that football trusts in particular are doing is not just about physical activity; it also covers employment and helping young folk get the confidence to go to college.
In our forum and other places, we are talking about the subject and getting policy input on it. We are actively involved because it is strictly about looked-after children.
There are two aspects—the small and the large—and we can sometimes get distracted in the middle. We have a huge amount of portfolio-career people, and we do not really understand the impact of their activity.