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You are right, Mr Tosh—when we take advice from the water authorities, the question of value for money is imperative. I was not questioning the principle behind what is being done.
It is a pragmatic argument. My final point is on best value. As an accountant, you obviously like the system that you have outlined, but do politicians?
The directive is important and although we want to ensure that it is robust—we do not want any more fridge mountains or their electrical equipment equivalents—we want its provisions to be implemented as soon as possible. Talk of proceedings being taken against the UK is slightly embarrassing.We should get an up-to-date report that addresses some of those points.
For these reasons, the Scottish Government does not think that requiring the SFC to publish all guidance would be in the best interests of the sector, learners or the wider public however, it would expect the SFC to consider whether guidance should be published on a case-by-case basis.
Scottish ParliamentEqual Opportunities CommitteeTuesday 26 November 2002(Morning) Scottish ParliamentEqual Opportunities CommitteeTuesday 26 November 2002(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:09 Okay.