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While divergence is a potential consequence of devolution, where the UK Government and Scottish Government are principally in agreement, it is our two Governments' responsibility to legislate in such a way that provides the best outcomes, not only in terms of clarity for voters, operability for electoral administrators but critically our legislation must be...
The Chair of the Board of Audit Scotland, Ian Leitch also commented that—
Quality is one of our key issues.... we are particularly keen that the public audit model in Scotland is the best that it can possibly be. That is why we have gone to all this trouble and why we are concerned to make sure that we have the team to monitor it and that we have the indepe...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 September 2018
The common staffing method set out in inserted section 12IB is based on the best currently available evidence in workload measurement, and takes account of the extensive experience and learning from the use of the current suite of staffing level tools.
I wish to comment on alternative funding and Mr McConnell's amendment. I will also touch on the points made by Mrs Smith. Mr McConnell talked about the choices.
Like many other members, I hope that it will be the first of many. Trade unions have had a bad press from time to time—I say to Mr Aitken that I am not pointing any fingers.
In Brussels or Strasbourg, all sorts of people talk about the terrific networking of the Irish, and about the way in which they are superbly able to secure the best deal that they can for their people.