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He went on to speak of the “hidden benefit to the introduction and pushing of freedom of information”:
Freedom of information, of course, saves money by catching poor behaviour or exposing accountability when money is being misspent.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2025
Members indicated that the Standards of Conduct Committee should be able to hold its inquiry on individual member accountability and the issues around introducing a recall mechanism for MSs.11Senedd Cymru. (2024, March 5).
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
The Scottish Government believes that this will improve accountability and transparency and also mirrors the position in England and Wales, and that of Companies House.
Cereals (wheat, barley and oats) accounted for 73% of the area of crops grown in 2018 (excluding grass), with 69% of that being barley1Scottish Government. (2019, June 11).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2020
The Committee therefore asks, even taking into account the higher level of scrutiny offered by the affirmative procedure for this power, whether you think it might be more appropriate for such a change to be made by primary legislation?