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The local delivery of integration is extremely important, and ensuring that there is accountability is equally important—a jointly accountable officer will help that.
The narrative of stigma and individual responsibility has existed since the tobacco industry used it in the 1950s and 1960s, and the food, alcohol and gambling industries are copying the tobacco industry’s tactics. The regulations lay bare the role of commercial interests in influencing people’s habits.
The officials are Sharon Bell, who is the head of the policy development branch at the Accountant in Bankruptcy, and Graham Fisher, who is a solicitor in the Scottish Government's legal directorate.
The review would make recommendations and the local authority would be held accountable if it failed to take them into account, but there would be no decision-making power through that process.
Is there anything that you can do to bring the Government here to be held to account for its budget decisions? I thank Mr Findlay for his point of order.
Amendment 9 amends the definition of the relevant date in section 5 so that it takes account of the different commencement dates for the section 1 and the section 6 offences that would result from the amendments, if agreed to.