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It would be naive to assume that there will not be winners and losers. It may be unhelpful to call them winners and losers, but that is what the institutions will view them as, so we may as well use those terms.
What can the Prison Service do in that time? The period of imprisonment may be as short as one day, so it is expensive in administrative terms.Some people may accept imprisonment instead of a fine; if they know the system, they may know that it will be for only one night.
Scottish ParliamentThursday 24 May 2001 Scottish ParliamentThursday 24 May 2001 The Deputy Presiding Officer opened the meeting at 09:30Justice Justice Good morning.
Scottish ParliamentThursday 13 May 2004(Afternoon) Scottish ParliamentThursday 13 May 2004(Afternoon) The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at 12:05Explosion at Grovepark Street, Glasgow Explosion at Grovepark Street, Glasgow Good afternoon.
The paper goes into far greater detail than we can do at the moment, so it may be to our advantage to meet, if possible, before we rise on 2 July, which would mean meeting tomorrow.