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I am very open to looking at solutions that take account of the issues that you mention and the fact that different parts of Scotland have very different needs.
As you know, underpinning the rights framework is a series of principles around participation in decision making, better lives, accountability and holding duty bearers to account.
Secondly, I made a point earlier about joint accountability. Part of the discussion that we are in with COSLA is about how we can use a joint accountability approach that is linked to outcomes and which focuses on priority areas.