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Those would include the relevant local authority, the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, the relevant national health service board, the chief constable of the relevant police force and any other public body specified by Scottish ministers.
We are conscious that the positive outcomes that we seek for our children are associated with high-quality services that are provided by a work force of the highest quality.
One would have to consider carefully how such a remodulation of the public services ombudsman's duties would result in human rights issues becoming principal duties.
Employment agencies, the Care Commission, the Scottish Social Services Council and certain inquiries will also be able to refer individuals to the list.
I worry that we are nudging slowly but surely towards a form of charging for water services that has been firmly rejected by public opinion—the metering of water services.
Members are being too noisy. There is an expectation that service users and voluntary sector representatives will be included in adult protection committees.
Obviously, it would have been helpful to have had the whole organisation on one site, but that would have been risky because of the staff losses that it could have incurred.We were making progress towards putting in place a single culture, although such things do not happen overnight and the traditions were quite different.