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The difference is therefore £56 million. Although some of the money may relate to IT systems, most of it will be staff costs and money would be available to redeploy and retrain them.
If our principled position is that the constitution would be in the interests of the people of Scotland, we hold to that position irrespective of what may or may not happen in other places.
There would be added pressure on the police to do something about such conduct, which may or may not be a good thing. I am not sure why there would be added pressure.
In exceptional circumstances, the sheriff can grant the application but place severe restrictions on the assets that may be taken, when they may be taken and how they may be taken.