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23.
Mr. Rifkind
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards the level of use of probation orders as a means of dealing with offenders.
Mr. Harry Ewing
The power to put offenders on probation is a valuable power of the criminal courts and I welcome the courts' use of it in any appropriate case.