Let me address the point first.

Given that the reconviction rate has fallen by less than 5 per cent over 18 years and that it is still a third higher than the rate in No

Montrose port is a key industry in Montrose and the north-east. Keeping the port open requires dredging and disposal of sand.

What are the purposes of our justice system?

Is it not interesting how the SNP is so focused on what is happening in England and Wales?

I have not yet had the chance to formally welcome the new Cabinet Secretary for Justice to his role and I am pleased to do so in general

Will the member take an intervention?

Will the cabinet secretary confirm that the commission’s service model, which he previously opposed, is very much on the table?

On 6 July, families, friends and industry representatives will gather at the Piper Alpha memorial garden in Aberdeen to remember the 167

I thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of his statement.