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In that respect, there has to be transparency about the Crown Estate’s activities, and I would expect the Parliament to want to exercise a role in relation to those activities, but not individual farmers’ activities.
Recommendation: The Committee recommends that the Scottish Prison Service provides—
A detailed plan for the reinstatement of purposeful activities in prisons, including a timetable for when particular categories of activities will resume..
The Scottish Government accepted this recommendation, stating that it was "right and proper that such commercial activity should be rated in the same way as commercial activity that is undertaken elsewhere."
Although the terms “criminal justice purposes” and “police purposes” are not defined, the latter would include any activities which the police legitimately undertake.
Will the minister give even more assurances that additional funding can be provided to other water-based activities throughout Scotland? No sporting activity is excluded if it falls within the parameters—obviously, it would need to be for young people.