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I stress that that gives a far higher level of accountability—a level of accountability that has credibility and is underpinned by integrity—of officers in a public setting.
Those of us who work on a larger scale have had to take into account procurement processes. That is another factor in how far we have progressed, taking account of Covid, obviously.
The mining and minerals industry, for example, has now put before us an action plan to become fossil free by 2035. That industry accounts for a large proportion of emissions in Sweden; the steel sector alone accounts for 10 per cent of our emissions, or more than 5 million tonnes.
Another issue relates to funding and accountability. The briefing material that we have indicates that parents can be required to pay for the service, which may raise concerns about who contact centres are accountable to.
Yes—it takes time, through the administrative processes, for the money to get into bank accounts, but such money will never get into the bank accounts of businesses in other parts of the UK, because it is not available.
What sort of questions would I ask? The accountability issue is key, and I would probably delve a bit more into what the SPCB sees its role to be in the accountability process.
The Committee notes the evidence that the 2012 Act is silent on who has responsibility for holding the PIRC to account. The Committee asks the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to confirm who the PIRC is accountable to and to consider whether the lines of accountability are suitab...