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That person’s accountability to me or to whoever sits in my seat comes through the health board accountability structure—and health boards are accountable to me and to local authorities already.
As the order was laid before the Parliament on 8 October 2015 and came into force later that day, it does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument that is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its further consultation on prison visiting committees. (S4O-00915) I will lay a section 14 order to replace the prison visiting committees under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 at the end of May.
The Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for more transparency and accountability in our political system. With that in mind, we welcome the committee inquiry into lobbying.
We all recognise the importance of the need to ensure judicial independence, accountability and transparency. However, as I said in my opening remarks, key safeguards are already in place to ensure the judiciary’s independence and accountability.
The UK Government is going to undertake an impact assessment for the regulations, which I hope will take account of concerns that the industry has raised.