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Something more specific to local communities has to hold them to account, rather than us in Edinburgh holding each of the 32 community planning partnerships to account.
I am conscious that Fergus Ewing is not the relevant minister, so I am not laying this at his door, but I will be taking it to the Minister for Transport and Veterans.
At the moment, some groups comply with the rules and produce annual reports, whereas others do not. I do not think that the rules lay down any sanction against those groups that do not produce annual reports.
Matters can be resolved through a hierarchy.I take this early opportunity to say that we place a high value on local accountability. The core of the planning system is the local authority.