Labour must offer "solutions" to voters' problems if it is to be seen as an "effective party of government", ex-Home Secretary Lord Reid has said.
Former home secretary Lord Reid, chairman of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies at University College London, said checks should take place continuously, not just after an incident.
Note, for example, the letter in today's Times newspaper supporting the government's position, signed by Lord Reid, the former Labour home secretary, and Lord West, the former Labour security minister.
Speaking on BBC One's Sunday Politics, Lord Reid said Labour had to "move from being a voice of protest to being a voice of solutions, as we move from being an effective opposition to an effective party of government".
Lord Reid, who was home secretary in 2006 and 2007, meanwhile, said that like "the vast majority of people in this country" he had a sense of satisfaction "that justice, or at least this sense of the judicial process" had been complete.
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Reid of Cardowan said the government had been "weak" on the question of timing and it was not in the interests of Scotland to delay the election until next year, but he said he was not "frightened of Alex Salmond".
Tavish Scott, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader asked the first minister if he would refer John Swinney to his Independent Advisers George Reid and Lord Steel.
The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice suggested Dr Reid be removed.
Lord McAlpine's lawyer Andrew Reid said in a brief statement he was "disappointed" that the legal proceedings had become public knowledge.
Mr Reid said in the letter that the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the authority on such matters, had declined to prescribe a precise shade of blue for the Saltire, a view accepted by Scottish ministers.
Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire Ian Dudson and former British Rail chairman Sir Bob Reid unveiled and dedicated the memorial.
Liberal Democrat Lord Steel was the first presiding officer, followed by the SNP's George Reid and Alex Fergusson, who has since returned as a Conservative MSP.
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