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I welcome the Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Ross Finnie, and all his officials to the Justice 2 Committee. Their large number is not a record, however—we have seen more officials than are here this morning.
What may seem a little bit strange, because it is not in line with the relation between ministers and officials that we have been used to in Whitehall, is not a weakness.
The political discipline of that structure ensured that officials were committed to child-centred, joined-up thinking and to the promotion of integrated working.