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Might you consider the experience of certain German Länder in running Toto-Lotto games—which pay dividends from nationalised gambling—whereby there is built-in bias towards areas that cannot always express themselves well and where third sector intervention is required?
I asked the East Dunbartonshire Council representative about the issue because its submission expresses concern about how realistic the 14-day target might be for some local authorities and health boards to achieve.
I pay tribute to Keith Lumsden of the Scottish Tartans World Register, who is the de facto leader of the wovenist tradition, and Brian Wilton of the Scottish Tartans Authority, who is an unashamed modernist.
We have taken on board the concerns that the committee expressed just prior to my appearance last year, when certain issues arose, and I hope that since then we have tried to ensure that those issues have not arisen again.
I wonder whether you and your legal advisers have had thoughts about how that general interest might be expressed in a more specific fashion in your overall workings.
It is not for the Auditor General or the Accounts Commission to express a view on that. Of course it is a matter for the Government, but you can make a recommendation.