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Without real effort being put into rehabilitation, that defence would be—at best—warm words. These are issues of unusual—and effectively constitutional—significance.
Surely the best and most suitable intervention would have been to ensure that the fire sprinkler system, which you knew had been there but which you did not know had been taken out, was working.
We have promoted amendments in the House of Commons and House of Lords to retain the charter of fundamental rights, and we are quite open that that would be the best way for those rights to be maintained and respected.
Scotland’s response to the people who have come here has demonstrated the best of this country as we have stepped up to the plate and reached out to people who are most in need of our help.