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Many people are on the register for fairly ridiculous offences of lewd and libidinous behaviour, which skews its focus and means that a lot of resources are wasted rather than being targeted at the most high-level and high-risk offenders.
If the Executive honestly believes—as would appear to be the case—that there is something technically offensive about the way in which the bill's provisions deal with the ombudsman, let us remove those provisions.
Among other things, that money has been used to fund more home-school link workers and to work on better behaviour and better learning through the inclusion programmes.
It is difficult, in unpredictable circumstances, to strike the right balance and to achieve the best outcomes because behaviour will respond to changes. Those behavioural changes are, to a certain extent, unpredictable.
That would send another clear message that the offender had reached a level of behaviour where the courts would punish the offender—and protect the public—with a long term of imprisonment.
Sarah Boyack's comments about the founding of Hearts and Hibs football clubs lead on to present problems with youth behaviour, on which Mike Pringle commented.It is important to recognise volunteering—that is why Sarah Boyack lodged the motion.