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The central focus of the carers strategy for 2010 to 2015 is to identify, assess and support carers in a consistent way, taking account of their personal circumstances.
As is the case with any new piece of legislation, training and appropriate guidance will be required for procurators fiscal, the police and others involved in its implementation. That will be taken into account as the Scottish Government coordinate implementation of the legislation.
I have been thinking about what I should declare at this stage. I am a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and I am on the institute’s ethics committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 November 2025
The Scottish Ministers are of the view that the matter of setting accounting periods and allowing for their adjustment is technical and administrative in nature and therefore that the negative procedure is considered appropriate.
Is the state of the systems that you operate being overemphasised for effect, or have you given an accurate account of your own experiences? You would probably receive different views about the IT systems, depending on which legacy force you sat in.
If the absolute ban is causing the problem, relaxation of the ban will allow the governor discretion to take into account situations such as those that the previous speaker suggested.