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To ask the Scottish Government how policing in Dumfries and Galloway will be accountable to local people once the single police force becomes operational.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in improving the accountability of factors to the residents of housing estates in relation to landscape maintenance.
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers constitutes a mass waste incinerator and what factors it may take into account when considering applications for these.
Within the figure of £1.6 billion, the biggest financial losses arise from reforms to incapacity benefit, which account for about £500 million a year, and the changes to tax credits, which account for about £300 million a year.
It has been reported on, it has been documented, it has been considered by accountants and it has been the subject of innumerable comments by the well-informed members of the accountancy profession, but no effective action has been taken.
Any commitment of resources in the direction of a centre of excellence would surely have to take account of that. However, such judgments can be made only on the advice of experts in the field.