Following a rave in my Constituency that was attended by 300 people, the police had to use the criminal law to charge the event organisers. Under the coronavirus regulations in England and Wales, fines of up to £10,000 can be levied on those organising such events. Given that money is the motive, and that not a thought is being given to public health, hitting the culprits where it hurts, in the pocket, seems an excellent idea. I trailed that idea at the COVID-19 Committee yesterday, and it was favourably received by Professor Bauld and Michael Clancy. Will the Scottish Government consider introducing similar measures here?

There are two contextual points to make here. First, criminal proceedings are under way in relation to that specific case, so I will not comment directly on that. As Christine Grahame knows, being a former lawyer with long experience on the Justice Committee, we have different structures of fines and fixed-penalty notices in Scotland, and we have tried to fit the coronavirus system into those existing systems. They are different here from what is in England.

We will continue to consider whether we can use greater fines and enforcement but, in cases where there has been a flagrant and egregious breach of the law, it is right that the full force of the criminal law is brought to bear on people who do such things. They are not just breaking the law, they are putting lives at risk.

Let us not lose sight of this: it is still the case that all of us, in small ways and large, need to act in a way that saves lives. The virus kills people, and every time we allow it to spread, somebody’s life is potentially at risk. Let us all ensure that we abide by the regulations—and the vast Majority of people are doing so. Christine Grahame is right about this: in cases where people are not doing things inadvertently or because they make a mistake, which everybody will do from time to time, but are just flouting the law with no regard for other people’s safety or for human life, the full force of the law should be brought to bear on them.