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For Sweden, which has a prison population that is similar to Scotland's, there are more than 100 establishments that are based on the smaller local model. That seems to offer the best support and the best way of preventing future offending.
Does Richard Baker agree that people are best served by reduction in crime? Projects such as operation reclaim, which reduced crime in its local area by 35 per cent, make a big contribution.
We would advise them on the environmental impacts, to the best of our ability. We would not advise them on the interpretation of the European legislation.
I hope that the minister will take on board the committee's recommendations and that the Government and its agencies are in the best possible position to work together to deliver Scotland's aspirations.