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Were there other reasons why a merger was considered the best way forward? Very far back in the process, in 2011-12, we looked at all the different options, and those appraisals led us to decide that a merger was the correct option.
Your experiences will be valuable to us as we review the development of the CAP, and our letter to the cabinet secretary will reflect as many of the views that have been expressed as possible to ensure that we have an idea of what is best for Scotland. Your comments have illuminated quite a lot of the issues that we want to focus on in our report.
I expect that some of the mechanisms that we might have used less frequently in recent years for feeding back to the public might be reactivated.We need to think how best to feed back appropriately to the people who helped us with the investigation—the families and other people who have been involved—by providing their insights.
All local authority and government procurement is already obliged to go through a best value process. We want the fair and transparent application of that best value process so that we can see whether in-house services provide best value or whether that is provided by tenderin...