THE Scottish government launched its latest Building a New Scotland paper, this time on post-independence justice.

The paper is the 13th to be drafted by senior civil servants under the direction of SNP ministers. While earlier papers in the Building a New Scotland collection tackled subjects such as the economy, immigration and EU membership, the latest instalment offers proposals on the justice system of a post-independence Scotland.

The paper suggests that measures to extend public health approaches in areas such as drugs and gambling could be taken, as well as restoring access to the European Arrest Warrant if, as suggested in paper 7, Scotland were to rejoin the EU.