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If we had PR in a city such as Glasgow, with 40 councillors from one political party and 20 from the official opposition, a scrutiny and executive model would be more viable.
That was one of the issues that I reflected on when I gave evidence to the Parliament's Education Committee a week or so ago and my officials are meeting Audit Scotland to talk about it.
My view is that we should invite the minister to respond much earlier, in line with the original undertaking from his officials. I suggest that we ask the clerks to establish, through the minister's office, what timescale he is currently working to.
I am sure that, from reading the Official Report of the meeting, the minister will be aware of issues that members have raised and on which they wish clarification.
However, in the process, the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and her officials failed to look at the small print of the man's contract and his details.
Alison Coull is still with us and we are joined by Anne Peat. I commend to other officials the practice of lodging a report with the observation that the paper is self-explanatory.