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When I was on committees, that is exactly what happened; commissioners would come in periodically and be asked to account for the work that they were undertaking.
However, they said, “Oh, it must be very mild because you’ve got so far,” without them taking account of how difficult and painful life was or the fact that it was a miracle that I was still alive.
Many councils cannot even do their accounts remotely on time. One would hope that the UK Government would provide a lead, but the new Government has tied its hands in relation to national insurance, VAT and income tax.
Some of the respondents were unclear about how public bodies’ compliance and accountability processes would work in practice with the legislation and any sanctions that they might face.
We already have evidence that guidance on school exclusions, for example, is treated as guidance only and that there are lots of anecdotal accounts of young people being—for want of a better word—illegally excluded from school for a variety of reasons.
In relation to offshore wind and ScotWind, when Crown Estate Scotland issues leases, or options to lease, it does not take account of community benefit, and nor does Marine Scotland when it issues consents for those schemes.