Mr. Paul Reid:

Once again, these issues were discussed and debated. Views were expressed though not in the level of detail as to what quantity might constitute personal use and how often you might be caught for personal use. I will bring it back to a contribution we heard which shifted our approach. We were trying to define to the nth degree, as much as we could, and the advice we were getting from lawyers was differing all the time. It was confusing on the whole, to be frank. The best advice we got at that moment - and it was not a cop-out - was to describe what we were trying to achieve. What we want is to get people out of this criminal system. We want it to be done differently. We do not want them criminalised. On how to execute that, to be frank, we did not have the expertise or the time to answer some of the specific questions the Deputy has, on what legislation might need to be changed to encompass that. However, we were very clear that legislation is needed to have a decriminalised approach. We do not want the current approach. We need a shift. To be frank------