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to themselves many retailers are installing new storage units and moving away from behind-the-counter gantries.

Inscotland,compliancewith the legislation has been very high, with at least 98 per cent of stores implementing the display ban, with non-compliance restricted almost entirely to minor contraventions. The refurbishment of shops with new or adapted tobacco gantries has in fact resulted in the removal of nearly all commercial brand messages and images from point of sale. This should be recognised much more strongly than it is.

(DR) JOHN LEE Head of Policy and Public Affairs

Scottish Grocers Federation Queensferry Road, Edinburgh The First Minister has given one of her defeated MPS, Callum Mccaig, a lifeline and a thumping taxpayer-supplied salary as the newest recruit to The latest money-saving idea from the Scottish National Party is to abandon any jail sentence of less than one year. (The Scotsman, 31 July). If they substitute a fine and the person can’t pay, what do they do next? If they substitute community service and the person does not turn up, what do they do? The public have to be seen to be protected and the punishment must fit the crime. It won’t be just be Monopoly I chose differently from Darren Mcgarvey in the 2014 independence referendum, but I am always interested in his take on unfolding events, finding more often than not that I agree with what he has to say (‘We have to stop allowing