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I am not 100 per cent sure of the revised timetable for publication, but I anticipate that we will have an opportunity to consider the report before stage 2. I want to move on to pre-trial disclosure of evidence, particularly early disclosure.
Much more work needs to be put into pre-trial support. We need to be able to identify a vulnerable witness at the first stage, which is when they come into contact with the police as a potential witness.
All that exists at King's Buildings is a pre-emptive right to buy that vests in the University of Edinburgh should we decide to sell the building, but the university might not exercise that right.
Members of children's hearings carry out a quasi-judicial function, because they make decisions about statutory intervention. A comprehensive programme of pre-service selection and training and in-service training is already in place for children's panel members.
As Jamie Stone and others have mentioned, the level of scrutiny that is possible now is several light years away from what was possible in pre-devolutionary years. As Jamie Stone said, input from ordinary people is vital.
Recently, Arthur Midwinter and Jim Stephens did a piece of work that addressed the way in which substantial elements of the budget are pre-spent, in the sense that they are dedicated to core activities.
We are running with two models: the first is the old, pre-1989 model, which was local authority set and controlled; the second is post-1989, which is set and controlled by central Government.
If ministers decide to give out a block grant, which local government is free to spend as it likes, they cannot add, "provided you spend £100 million extra on pre-school places", for example. That does not indicate clear lines of accountability.