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We have nothing other than the graph that we produced on transport infrastructure in Cardiff, Cambridge, Manchester and Preston, the information for which we found it very difficult to get.
We want the steps that are required to be taken to be included in the bill so that public bodies are required to produce an action plan and report on it.
We really need to think hard about how we build buildings and about the quality of infrastructure that we want to produce. As an architect, I have a passion for high-quality design, but I have discussed only construction standards in my report.
A background report might have to be produced for every case. In all these cases, an extra background report would not be required; the court would ask the fiscal for input about the victim’s perspective.
Were the models inaccurate? What underlay that inability to produce a first estimate that was a better approximation of the final outcome, and what steps have you taken to make first estimates better in the future?
The inspectorate has been in place for several years and stems—if I recall correctly—from the inquiry that followed the Chhokar case and how the Crown Office handled it. A report on that was produced following Dr Raj Jandoo’s inquiry.
The principal projection is the one that for us has most weight, but we have also produced variant projections that deal with high and low fertility, high and low mortality, and high and low migration.
If there are specific areas that you feel have been ignored—I make the distinction between something that has been ignored and something that has been discussed as part of the conversation— The point is that it is difficult to find out what is being ignored, because SEPA is not holding or producing a record of where advice is being ignored.