Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 3:30 pm on 14 June 2000.
I take Alex Neil's point, but I fundamentally disagree with it. This Parliament is
Although I said that the Executive is committed to law and order—I am tired of people saying that it is not—it is also committed to protecting the legitimate rights and freedoms of the individual citizen. That is in our statutory commitment to the European convention on human rights, but I think that it goes much deeper.