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I have raised these issues a number of times with UK Government Ministers, most recently in a letter to the Baroness Neville-Rolfe, of the Cabinet Office, as has Mr Farlie to Defra’s Lord Douglas-Miller.
As a result, the policy of both the Scottish Executive and the UK Government has consistently been, so far as possible, to legislate for sex offenders on a UK basis.
We are approaching Christmas and it is going to be a difficult time for many individuals. I am concerned that the money will not appear in people’s accounts at the appropriate time.
In making the regulations, which create a process by which a compulsory purchase power may be acquired by communities, we have at all times recognised the need to balance private and public interests.