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The scope of instruction and direction can also vary considerably, ranging from simple accounting matters to issues of substance and can cover procedures and timescales where ministers believe there is a public interest.
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Date answered:
11 April 2008
The scope of instruction and direction can also vary considerably, ranging from simple accounting matters to issues of substance and can cover procedures and timescales where ministers believe there is a public interest.
Is that factored into the planning of future efficiencies and costs? Do you take into account the fact that we have a longer-lived and, we hope, healthier population?
Exploitative employers such as Mike Ashley require to be held to account for their actions. 16:31 Over the afternoon, there have been perhaps two dozen of us in the chamber.
I will start with the share of the budget: how much health spending accounts for as a share of the Scottish budget, which is an issue of some interest.
Yesterday, the Labour leader referred to a speech that I gave in Glasgow in March. Her account of that was of course a little different from the press account of it the next day, but then, for Labour, living in a fact-free universe is nothing new.
That is often what grabs people’s attention. On accountability and performance, the national priorities, the single outcome agreement and how they translate at CPP level provide a sufficient umbrella, by and large.