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An unregulated electricians sector makes it more difficult to hold rogue traders to account, and people are left to foot the bill for correcting unsafe electrical works.
When it makes its decision under article 3, the Land Court will have to take into account representations made to it to ensure that it strikes the right balance.
The Presiding Officer has mentioned the idea of having emergency question times and ensuring that the Government is held to account properly during those three days.
Given that the SHR is in an almost unique position of being independent of Government and having its lines of accountability go through this committee to Parliament, we are conscious of the importance of holding it to account.
Mr Macdonald again paints the wrong picture. We were accountable, but we were not accountable to the local authority, and thus we were not accountable to the electorate of a local authority.