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Delegation of specific responsibilities takes place via the Permanent Secretary, who is accountable to the Scottish Parliament, and via the delegation of Portfolio Accountable Officer responsibilities to Directors General (DGs).
As an alternative approach to the Bill as introduced, the proposed amendments would create a National Care Service Board through which accountability would flow, and national approaches would be generated.
I pay tribute to the Auditor General for Scotland and his team. We managed to lay the accounts around a month early, and we recorded a small underspend of 0.5 per cent, which was reported in the final outturn statement.
Post legislative scrutiny of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012
Ahead of the laying of subordinate legislation to continue the provisions of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 and to increase the minimum unit price, the Committee conducted post-legislative scrutiny of the 2012 Act to inform its scrutiny of the upcoming instrum...
Section 7 - Reports relating to the exercise of the section 1(1) power
Section 7(1) requires Scottish Ministers to prepare and lay before the Scottish Parliament a report explaining how the section 1(1) power has been used during the 'reporting period'.
If the Plan makes health and inequality outcomes explicit, it becomes easier to align appraisal, budgets, and accountability with prevention rather than short term firefighting.