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This discussion has put me in mind of a wider one that the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee had on framework legislation, and about the best stage for the Parliament to get involved.
A person may say that rehab is right for them; other people may say that a methadone script is the best approach for them, and the bill would not prevent them from getting methadone and continuing with it.
All that suggests that victims’ rights are an afterthought at best, and it makes a bit of a mockery of the Scottish Government’s talk of being trauma informed.
The people who live in rural areas are the best placed to know what their communities need, and that is especially true for young people, whose future is at stake.
As you can see, I have been back through it in some detail, and to the best of my knowledge it is, although things might have changed that I do not know about.
Since then, the area has been transformed and now has two of the best grass football pitches in the west of Scotland, four state-of-the-art changing rooms and a fully licensed clubroom and cafe.
Does he think that the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee has done its best to reflect, without political interference or political dogma, the balanced views of Parliament in a measured and responsible way?