Retrieved from <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/12/1435" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/12/1435</a> [accessed 22 December 2015] reported that:
The consultation paper set out specific proposals to allow more people with previous criminal activity to be able to move away from their past offending behaviour and to reduce the length of time most people will have to disclose their previous criminal activity. (…)
Regardless of how the respondents answered the questions, the comments received indicated that most were sympathetic to reform in this area.