Chamber and committees

Are you talking about changing the procedure for those cases where there has been a conviction and there is a civil case?

What you are saying, Dr Hill, is quite concerning—that legislation that we have passed in the Parliament has not been implemented. Have you raised those concerns with the Scottish ministers?

Sometimes special measures for a child will have to be applied for. Is that not being done?

My questions are more for Kate Wallace and Ann Marie Cocozza, because their organisations support the proposal to have a commissioner. Kate Wallace, how would you see the interaction between Victim Support Scotland and a victims commissioner working?

What response did you get from them?

Thank you, convener. Dr Louise Hill said that a lot of the legislation that we had passed here had not been implemented. I was trying to establish what measures are currently being used in court.

Just to be clear, you have had cases in which special measures have been applied for but not implemented by the court.

Okay. I was just asking because of the evidence that was given. That is fine.

Would non-harassment orders be included in that list?

I understand that point, Sandy. However, given the range of cases that we are talking about, are you saying that special measures should be applied in every case, such as divorce proceedings or anything else, that has not been heard in the criminal courts and where no conviction has taken place? I am trying to get clarity on that.