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In the future, it would be great if we were leading not following not just in how national companies are funded but, as we touched on earlier, in how they are accountable—how they can account for their position in society and their relevance.
We are trying to get people in posts and to work out the strategic plans and our accountancy and control framework. A range of consultation and negotiation is going on.
It assumes that there is some sort of unit of account that allows you to say, “I have put more on that side of the balance, so I must put the same amount on the other side.”
From my point of view, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill is about ensuring that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is taken far more into account in the work that we as a Government do.
The individuality of someone’s condition is not taken into account, it is just tick boxes. I was there with my husband when they were doing his assessment.
There was no fidgeting—there was a stillness among us as we heard the Lord Advocate lay out matters before us in a judicial manner to which we are not used.