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Some solicitors say that it is too difficult and risky for them to deal with and that the client must ask their accountant. It is a sorry state of affairs if people cannot buy a house without asking an accountant how much it will cost—with all due respect to accountants.
Amendment 25, in my name, relates to bank account arrestments and clarifies the position in relation to whether social security benefits can be attached by a bank account arrestment.
The Social Security (Scotland) Bill is going through Parliament. That framework legislation lays out how devolved social security will be delivered in the future, although we do not know at what point because no timelines are attached to it.
As I understand it, the permanent secretary is also the principal accountable officer and has some direct accountability to Parliament, under section 14 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.
There is more that we can do to ensure that, at a national level, the bodies with responsibility for those elements of the framework are as bought in and as accountable as sportscotland is to its part of the framework.