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It is a tough job and they do not get an awful lot of time to do it. We recruit the best people with the skills that they have, but we want to develop them when they are in post.
There is evidence that some of those things come into play in those circumstances. It is probably best if we provide specific information about the evidence that exists, as there is a lot of it.
New European Union emissions rules and the introduction of carbon pricing mean that the future of Longannet after 2020 is, at best, very uncertain. Therefore, resolving the transmission charging issue is likely to buy, at best, a stay of execution.
We see it happening in schools and we are active—in reference to the question that you were going to ask—in sharing best practice across the country from the best that we see in inspections, so we will continue to do that.
We have always seen it as being in our national best interests and I do not foresee circumstances in which we would go beyond the position that we have articulated.We will have to draw up our manifesto for the 2015 general election.
We talked about that for some time with some very informed folk and we felt that that was the best way forward. It would help to avoid the risk of political influence.