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This is not about whether the Government should or should not support the marine industry; this is about accountability, transparency from the Government and good governance.
They are part of “Running Costs”. I see. You do not produce accounts for that— We do not show it in the schedule, but we produce separate statutory accounts for the shop, for tax purposes, to demonstrate that it is not making a profit.
All that comes before we even take into account that Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority are currently in a state of uncertainty at best—and a state of chaos at worst.
As I have already said, any public body that failed to comply with its legal duty would be held accountable for that under the normal accountability arrangements—ministers are accountable to Parliament and the electorate, local authorities are accountable to councillors and the communities, and so on.