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I think that Michael Clancy took my remarks to mean that the Law Society should buy in outside expertise. It is more a question of sharing good practice in complaints handling.
However, we are concerned that a two-year or even three-year gap between inspection visits would increase the likelihood of services deteriorating and lead to a significant increase in the number of services needing improvement.
The other bill for which we will have responsibility is the protection of children bill, which we had thought would be sent to one of the justice committees. The good news is that we will be the lead committee.
I may have participated in fewer visits than some of my colleagues, but on those visits to other parts of Scotland I heard people give clear examples of how the current law is not delivering safe communities.
I do not know whether this is good or bad news, but after a tartan week visit with a cross-party group, I gather that the state and federal Governments have similar problems.