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This is a matter forindividual NHS boards and the Scottish Government would expect them, in the normalprocesses of service planning, to take into account local factors such as birthrate.
I will look to theIndependent Scrutiny Panel to assess the safety, sustainability, evidence-base andvalue for money of the revised proposals, and to be satisfied that the views oflocal people have been taken into account. S3W-00905
The decision to pay the living wage as a priority is a political decision for which local authorities will be held accountable at the ballot box. 15:30 I declare an interest.
We should have some prudential borrowing, without some arbitrary limit.I turn now to the business atmosphere. As an accountant, I like things that can be measured, especially numbers.
We believe that it is appropriate for us to follow suit and lay finally to rest the Scots law offences of sedition and leasing-making, which is what amendment 114 does.
A key criticism of the council tax freeze has come from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, which believes that a consequence of the freeze “is that local autonomy has effectively been limited”and that“accountability has been impaired by this national arrangement.”Unlike Mr Salmond and Mr Swinney, I respect the autonomy and local democratic accountability of local authorities and I share councils’ contempt for the shameless politicking behind the SNP’s commitment to a two-year freeze based on a one-year budget.