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We have worked primarily with the United Kingdom Insolvency Service because, as I am sure the committee appreciates, a large part of the policy drive is our view that Scotland should not be out of step with the rest of the UK on this important economic matter.
However, there is generally a single ombudsman for the public sector. The United Kingdom is unusual in having separate ombudsmen for the public sector.
I am sure that people from Moray will be pleased to see that I can be kept in order by colleagues in the Parliament.I do not want to go on a witch hunt.
Does any member have an interest to declare for the Official Report? My husband is a solicitor and is a former member of the council of the Law Society of Scotland.
It needs its own topic in the report—if it is there already, please let me know where it is—because we want to ensure that it is well-resourced— Recommendation 4 covers the education service.
Where the state apparatus is being officially authorised to use such measures, we are entitled to add a provision saying, "When this is done wrongly, it is appropriate that we be told about it."
Maureen made some general suggestions and some specific ones, for example monitoring the input from elected representatives and not just from officials. A number of points were made well.
Maureen made some general suggestions and some specific ones, for example monitoring the input from elected representatives and not just from officials. A number of points were made well.