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We have made most grounds for evictions discretionary, so that tribunals can take all individual circumstances into account in their deliberations. We have already said that those protections will be extended to the end of March 2021, subject to parliamentary agreement.
However, the behaviour of the judiciary must also be taken into account. For people who are given long sentences—particularly life sentences—the punishment part is now substantially longer than it was a decade ago.
All of us have a duty to make sure that there is a system in place whereby victims feel that they can come forward and in which, when they come forward, those who are guilty are brought to account and given appropriate sentences.
The accounts of further education colleges are prepared under UK generally accepted accounting practice and the statement of recommended practice for those accounts.
Is that something that the chief examiner might take into account? Provision is always made for the individual circumstances of pupils to be taken into account by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.