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The judiciary have to take responsibility for the judgments that they have passed in these cases, and they cannot just pretend that they are somewhere up there and are not accountable to the people. They are accountable to the people.
To me, transparency is part of accountability. The prime things that we require for accountability, generally speaking, are that judges give reasons for their decisions and that they identify who is making the decisions.
Flooding in communities: Moving towards flood resilience
The joint Auditor General and Accounts Commission report, published on 28 August 2025, focussed on the impact that climate change has had on the incidence of flooding.
Criticisms have been made that committees are not working in a collegiate fashion to hold the Scottish Government to account and explore issues of topical importance to the public.
The 2021/22 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
The Committee took evidence from the Auditor General and Audit Scotland on 19 January 2023, followed by an evidence session with the Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government on 23 February 2023.
A separate diagram, outlining the current governance arrangements, including the relevant decision makers and accountable officers can be found later in the report, at Exhibit 2.
To be an Advisory Committee to the United Kingdom Blood Transfusion Services, normally by reporting to the Medical Directors of the individual Services who are themselves individually accountable to the Chief Executives and Directors of the Services.
However, there isn't an easy way to adapt CTR to take account of Universal Credit. As more people move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit, the need for changes to the CTR scheme becomes more urgent.