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It seems to me that being a corporate parent is about the state, so as elected members we have responsibilities to hold people to account and to hold the Government to account.
I can send you lots of written evidence in that regard. There is just no accountability. We can have all the structures that we want but, unless the agencies that are involved consider themselves to be accountable and respect the people to whom they are accountable, it will be...
With the greatest respect to the Law Society and lawyers, the fact is that if I have 10 accountants, 10 lawyers or 10 whatever, I will get 10 different opinions.
Our starting point would be that when taxpayers’ money is involved, proper arrangements should be made to keep people accountable for how that money is spent and what we get for it.
We must consider the balance in the board. The lay members' role is not to advocate or to argue about people's individual abilities in legal matters, but to take into account a variety of other factors.
There is also training on mental health first aid, and even a trauma-informed approach to physically laying on hands. We no longer search by laying on hands—we are able to bring people into the establishment without traumatic searching and so on.
The Scottish Government needs to make clear its long-term vision for Social Security Scotland and lay out practical steps that it is taking to make sure that the body is more transparent and accessible to the public on the delivery of the new system.