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The bill was never designed to hit one set of people or another; it is about offensivebehaviour at football matches.I am quite prepared to take the line that Sandra White and Roderick Campbell have taken.
We should be able to engage, have a discussion and debate points, as I said earlier, without intimidatory behaviour. People should feel free to express their views, whether they are for or against a proposal.
The issue that we have to contend with is not simply the conservancy fee, although that is an example of the monopolistic behaviour that we have become all too familiar with in relation to the Clyde; it is a symptom of a wider lack of regulation and a lack of balance of control.
Prevention education from a young age, along with bystander training for men to enable them to call out their peers’ behaviour, is needed to make Shetland and, indeed, Scotland safer and more inclusive places.
I understand the need for consistency, and the bill sets out to be consistent, but if we are going to pull a lever to change behaviours, this is the opportunity that we have to do that.
The strategy is about getting more exposure, investing in bigger brands and looking at audience behaviours. We have a fantastic digital team in Scotland that creates content to support the podcast, “The Quay Sessions”, “The Afternoon Show” and the jazz competition.
I am thinking particularly of a couple of my constituents who have been going through hell on the receiving end of antisocial behaviour that the police have said they can do nothing about.