The Future of Forensics Services in Scotland

As an amendment to motion S3M-07045 in the name of Richard Baker (The Future of Forensics Services in Scotland), insert at end “; believes that decisions on the future of the national forensic service should be driven by the quality of the services needed and provided; regrets the history of inadequate consultation and consideration by the SPSA over the structure of the service; deplores the way in which the SPSA regarding the closure of regional services as a foregone conclusion, and considers that the controversy surrounding the issue serves as a warning as to the dangers of dogmatic centralisation.”