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Obviously, not putting up the charges for Scottish Water has implications for how people are remunerated. Looking at the accounts, it seems that you had more employees at the end of the accounting period.
In the inquiry’s report, Lord Hardie blasts Nick Smith of City of Edinburgh Council’s legal department for making inaccurate reports to councillors. Will the cabinet secretary lay out what action will be taken to hold to account those who are responsible?
From the committee’s point of view, it might be useful if we were able to get data on the accountable officer/commissioner role in the various commissions that are accountable to Parliament.
Last week, for example, fees for drinks producers were substantially reduced by the scheme administrator, and we have committed to lay regulations so that only the largest grocery retailers will be obliged initially to provide a take-back service for online and distance sales.
This SG Report represents the most comprehensive and official account of alignment/divergence with EU law produced by any UK based government or department to date.
These are currently being audited by Audit Scotland for inclusion in our next annual report and accounts, which are due for publication and laying in the Scottish Parliament in December 2024.
This is fundamentally at odds with the devolution settlement, which places responsibility for devolved matters with the Scottish Government, accountable, through the Scottish Parliament, to people in Scotland.
Subsection (2) defines what is meant by “equivalised” – which is that household income has been adjusted to take account of variations in household size and composition.