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I know that legislation is coming down the line, but, given that this is a live discussion, it would be helpful if the Government set out its current position, because people are sentenced frequently.
It is all that we have talked about since 2016, yet it is very early days. We just have to live with that paradox, because the Government has not had a chance to act.
The procedure should not be used in the ordinary run of life but, when we are dealing with a global pandemic with serious material threats to the lives of our individual citizens, we must act.
It is now operating in school settings across 17—more than half of—local authorities, and it has already made a big difference to the lives of many young people across the country.
Shared Parenting Scotland has advised that there are thousands of children in Scotland whose parents do not live together but share parenting time for their children.