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The Principal Accountable Officer has prepared a statement of accounts in the form and on the basis set out in the Accounts Direction issued by Scottish Ministers.
It is important to distinguish between our accountability through that mechanism and our accountability through, for example, the strategy and policy statement.
Subsection (4) requires the Scottish Ministers to provide the Parliament with details of any consultation carried out under subsection (3) when laying an improvement plan. The Scottish Ministers must provide a summary of any views expressed in response to the consultation and provide further detail of how any views have been taken into account.
Does anyone on the panel have anything to add? 10:00 On justice and accountability, one of the areas where the bill could be strengthened is the accountability gap.