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That was despite the fact that, for reasons that are best known to those who wrote the Scotland Act 1998 and its attendant concordats, although policy on animal welfare is devolved, the budgets that govern it are reserved.
The more a customer is billed, the greater the management fee that is applied, so many people feel that there might be a disincentive to seek best value. I should be clear that most factors seek best value for customers, are not cowboys and do not exploit.
Why is it still awaiting a decision on progressing the work, and what is happening about data standards? We keep talking about best practice; there is best practice, but there is also pretty awful practice as well.
I firmly believe that to be the case, because of the enduring principle of promoting the best interests of the child in providing them with the holistic support mechanism that gives them the best possible chance in the future.