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If the public are given a decent amount of notice of the subjects that we are debating, we make the Parliament far more accountable and accessible. A week is not a huge amount of time.
I do not think that the water commissioner is as accountable as he should be. As water is still in the public sector, his is one of the sectors in which I would like much more accountability and the ability to refer complaints to the ombudsman.
We have examined that balance in these figures and our best current estimate—which we might refine—is that enforcement activity accounts for 46 per cent of the £143.5 million; treatment and rehabilitation accounts for 39 per cent; and prevention accounts for 15 per cent.
The bill allows for the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission to commission research from Audit Scotland for developing processes for performance measurement.