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In such cases, the authority has a duty to visit at least once every three months, and may call for reports and request information from the guardians.
The letter from Fife Council makes the point that it is not possible to attribute a value to the caves using standard cost-benefit methods. I have visited the caves and the display about them.
Given that we have been waiting for a couple of months, should not we proceed with identifying the bodies that we would want to invite along or that we would want to visit? We can certainly bring forward proposals to the committee on that.
I thank Alan Alexander for his presentation, which was, as usual, excellent. As you are aware, we have visited the majority of councils and, without exception, they said that they wanted a power of general competence.
It calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to amend the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 to bring all aspects of local authority administration under the remit of the public services ombudsman, without exception or exemption, and for the ethics and professionalism of local authority officials to be included in the remit of...
The statute does not give the corporate body a power to determine the location of commissioners except in the case of the human rights commissioner for Scotland.
I welcome in particular those members of the press and public who have joined us this evening.We have received apologies from Jamie McGrigor and Colin Campbell, who are not present due to exceptional circumstances. The situation is compounded by the unusual time of this additional meeting and the unexpected requirement for it.Item in Private Item in Privat...