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On the delivery of sex offender programmes, it says:"Scottish Prison Service welcomes and endorses the view of Professor W L Marshall Ph.D., FRSC, a leading international authority on the treatment of sex offenders, that the work being done with sex offenders is of a high standard and represents a significant achievement for the SPS and its staff."
It seems that the Tories' position has not been reviewed since a certain H L Smith, whom we understand to be a legal adviser to the Scottish Landowners Federation, came out in favour of land value taxation in The Scotsman in the summer.
The effects would be particularly bad in my constituency, in relation to which you have already said that the port of Mallaig is apparently dispensable because it commits the sin of successfully exporting shellfish to Europe.
In my view, it is an encapsulation of party politics at the heart of the Parliament, which wrecks the whole thing. For my sins, I—along with Professor McCrone and others—served on the sub-group that went into the nitty-gritty of such issues.
The representatives are here to give evidence in the lifelong learning inquiry, not to answer for sins of omission in areas that are outwith their control.I have three questions.
Let us pray.Lord, as we pray, we know that we are not worthy so we ask for your forgiveness for our sins. Help us, we pray, by your grace to do better, to be more honest, more loving, more faithful to you and more obedient to your will.