Chamber and committees

I think that Becky Wood and Louise Stevenson are keen to come back in, but I would like to bring in Collette Stevenson so that all members have had an opportunity to ask questions.

Thank you, Peter. I am sure that we all extend our condolences on the death of your family member. I can only imagine that it is a really difficult time for you, so we appreciate your contribution.

I am aware of the time, so I will open up the issues that we have been exploring this morning to the other witnesses, who have been waiting patiently. Would any of you like to comment on some of the issues that have been raised so far? Mr Liddell, you have indicated that you would like to comment.

Thank you, Louise. I think that we understand and appreciate that that issue of relationships is important.

I thank everyone for their comments on that subject, which have been insightful and informative. We will move on to look at the supply of drugs and links with serious organised crime, starting with a question from Russell Findlay.

Thank you, Louise.

Thank you for that, Peter.

The next theme is policing and prosecution. We will look at the issues around decision making for prosecution and the response to the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce recommendations that were made earlier this year around zero tolerance and other issues.

I will bring in Collette Stevenson, Katy Clark and then Pauline McNeill.

I know that Mr Richardson would like to come in. I will then hand back to Katy Clark.

I am happy to do that. I will bring in Pauline McNeill, who is keen to ask questions on prosecution and is interested in safe consumption rooms.

I will bring you in briefly, Natalie, then I will move the discussion on. Before we round the session off at 12.30, I want to cover drugs in prisons and naloxone.

I am conscious of time so I will move the session on. It has been a very helpful discussion. We will now look at issues to do with drugs in prisons, which a number of members want to focus on. I will come back to Pauline McNeill, who is interested in picking up on this, then I will bring in Rona Mackay.