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Old 30th Jul 2015, 09:30
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Distant Voice
 
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I think any serviceman/women past or present, who read the pompous (and factually BS) reply to the "campaigners" email by some chiseling bureaucrat about our employment status in Scotland would be immediately angry and on DV's side.
I assume you meant this one;
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/20150526_COPFS_to_CG.pdf

The "campaigner's" reply is worth reading, as it highlights serious flaws in the Crown Office's arguement. I understand that the Crown Office was asked over two months ago to idendify the cases on which the "case law" was based. To date nothing has been presented.
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/FA2b._James_Jones.pdf

The Crown Office was also asked to idendify the number of discretionary military FAI carried out since the 1976 Act came into force, the following is their reply. It also answers those posters who ask the question, "why do you [me] not ask the Crown Office for information", the simply answer is that they claim not to know.
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/FA21a._COPFS.pdf

I believe that once the current bill become an act, the military will be granted the same rights as their civilian counterparts. Without the campaigner's input to the Justice Committee this would never have happened, even thought the Crown Office of Scotland and the MoD had been aware of the anomoly for decades.

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