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I commend any advance in the area, but that policy is not being followed widely in Scotland. It is clear that the Executive feels that legislation is necessary.
On 11 September, Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons for Scotland, Mr Clive Fairweather, made the following remarkable statement:"Last year, I mentioned two overriding concerns.
There are many ways in which the Crown Office could be made more accountable, although whether following such procedures would be desirable is another matter.
Scenting dogs are far more efficient than lurchers and other long dogs, which simply follow the line of sight. If an animal goes out of a lurcher's sight, the lurcher will not be much use whereas a scenting dog can follow the animal through rocks or scrub.
Clearly, the testing needs to be reviewed, as Fred Forrester said, because we do not have a systematic programme in which it is possible to measure any one child against another across the nation. I want to follow up on Mr Monteith's experience.
If those measures had been adopted elsewhere in the European Community, we might not be following this crisis at this stage. I absolutely accept Mrs Ewing's point.