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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2000
If Bill Aitken spoke for victims, he would have taken a more positive approach to the measures that we introduced to address, at an early stage, antisocial behaviour, which can become offending behaviour.
The programmes that produced the greatest effects were exactly the sort of programme that is being run at Peterhead—the relapse-prevention programmes that take a cognitive-behavioural approach. As a matter of fact, the programmes that did not take a cognitive-behavioural approach had no effect at all.
Greg Lloyd is the economist; I am not sure whether such an approach would influence developer behaviour. Developers want the best return from developing land.
I would like a bit more detail from the Executive on the implications of the Antisocial Behaviour (Noise Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 for individuals, but I am not suggesting that we do not agree to the regulations today.