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If that were managed in the next few years to benefit Scotland and give Scotland a small amount of autonomy in managing its budget, that would be a big and important start to the process.This is about what is best for Scotland, not what is best for the UK.
In another case that we did, it took one of my colleagues, who is as close to an expert as you can get in this, the best part of an afternoon to work out which reliefs to apply and in what order.
We need to consider what the research is telling us about which kind suits our society best and which is best for rehabilitation.I call on the Scottish Government to do what Pauline McNeill described clearly and take the action that is needed to clear the backlog in the justice system.
In the context of domestic abuse, in particular, it is important to talk to victims not only because it is the right thing to do but because, empirically, they are the best predictor of further harm by the perpetrator.
I hope that that has been helpful. The team and I will do our best to answer your questions. Thank you very much, Caroline.Something that has often struck me about A and E services is that they are, as you have indicated, under a great deal of pressure.