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The committee must judge, Mr Stimpson, whether the regulations are reasonable and proportionate and what is in the best interests of the people of Scotland.
We are identifying areas in which Scottish Enterprise, as a public sector organisation that can pull certain levers, can have maximum impact and areas in which it is best that the private sector either be involved or do all the work.
The bill could provide one of the best tools for reducing reoffending that would be available to the criminal justice and community-based services—the use of home detention curfews.
Rightly or wrongly, there are perceptions out there that VisitScotland is a wee bit centralist and anti-devolutionist, with a we-know-best attitude. The staff have fears about what will happen when that effect starts to kick in.
We might just be arguing about the best wording. There is no disagreement that we are all trying to achieve the central purpose of the bill—certainty in High Court trials.
Will the minister do what he can to answer as many of them as possible? I will do my best. Important issues were raised, and George Lyon rightly draws attention to the figure of 70 per cent of all transfers being covered.