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I am reassured that we are being encouraged to follow due process and that issues will be raised at the appropriate levels before HMIE becomes involved.
It states that careful examination of relevant documents is the starting point prior to consideration of prison rules and SPS policies. That is followed up by personal interviews with staff and the prisoner or prisoners concerned.
Gypsy Travellers are part of that process and we hope that, in much the same way as has been done elsewhere, the issue will be followed through, although there will not be a legal requirement to do so.
The committee does not need to know that every authority is following the line—that will not happen—but it does need to know that priorities are being met.
It calls for the Scottish Parliament to order a public inquiry into the gas industry in Scotland, following the recent fatal gas explosion in Larkhall.
However, we will bear in mind the fact that people are keen to follow up on that bill.I am aware, as we approach the recess, that the Parliament agreed to attempt to have its recess in parallel with school holidays.