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At the very end of your evidence, you raised concerns about the draft audit and accountability framework. Does that relate specifically to the social security and tax powers or is it an overall measure?
However, Glasgow Life effectively stopped that. ALEOs are not accountable. Did the member share those concerns about democracy at the time of setting up Police Scotland and the centralised Scottish Fire and Rescue Service?
Will they be dealt with under the current EU rules, or will different criteria be taken into account? What about somebody who is a part-time student and a part-time worker?
At that point, the finance secretary told us that every pound was accounted for in the budget. The Opposition parties were challenged to propose alternatives to the budget and they would have to say where the extra money was coming from.
Obviously, there is always a drive to get better value for money and, as accountable officer, I have to do that and, sometimes, we do just get economies.