They were, first, to establish PIRC as a fit-for-purpose oversight body that is capable of fulfilling its remit of undertaking independent and effective oversight of the police in Scotland; secondly, to run it for at least a year to provide stability and continuity in terms of independent oversight of the police in the lead-up to and early stages of the single police service in Scotland; and thirdly, to begin to evidence the organisation’s capability and capacity by testing how the assumptions that were made on the drawing board compare...