I want to reassure the member on two fronts. First, Police Scotland is of course in close contact with the criminal justice system in Romania. Secondly, any early release or return of foreign nationals to their own jurisdiction is currently restricted to short-term prisoners under very specific restrictions—and there are statutory exclusions.

The member will be well aware that the return and deportation of foreign nationals is an issue for the Home Office. The Scottish Prison Service fits into that process in that it co-operates with the Home Office, but that is in and around the transfer of prisoners. However, there is a scheme in statute to facilitate that in Scottish legislation.

As the member perhaps recalls, I will be laying a further statutory instrument in this regard to enable certain groups of foreign nationals to return earlier, perhaps, to their own country, but that is specific to those serving shorter sentences, as opposed to hefty, long-term custodial ones. Those matters relate to extradition and treaty-by-treaty arrangements country to country.