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As the Auditor General says in his paper, it brings the matter to an end. The issues date back to 2006 and perhaps before that.The matter was referred to the police and the procurator fiscal but I understand that no action has been taken.
Do we also agree to follow recommendation 17(1) in the paper and ask the Scottish Government to provide a list of the boards’ appointed senior members who will be taking the work forward; by what date it expects boards to have their action plans in place; and whether the plans will be made available to the committee?
If the review’s findings do not concur with what he wants to achieve, he can return to the committee at a later date. That is why I am happy to agree with the majority view of the committee.
Although there would be certain exemptions—on health and safety or medical grounds or with things with a best-before date—we believe that perfectly good products should have a useful life and that that useful life should be maximised.
That became even more apparent to me when I had a preparatory meeting with Kennedy Foster of the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Kate Marshall of the Lloyds banking group before we started to deal with the bill.
A recent report that was presented to the European Association of Co-operative Banks stated:"co-operative banks in Europe should be seen as a safe haven in these times of turbulence and uncertainty in the financial markets."