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Resource Accounting and Budgeting Inquiry Because we have run over time, I ask members to agree that agenda item 3, on resource accounting and budgeting, be postponed until our next meeting.
Will the First Minister remind it that, as a public body funded by taxpayers, it is accountable for its actions properly and timeously to the Parliament and that the Parliament has a duty to hold it to account?
Educational and health needs will also be taken into account in wider ways, not least under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, with which the committee is familiar.
I do not believe that the minister's explanation of the matter or her rejection of my amendments take into account the circumstances that I have described.
That is a prophylactic measure—it is taken for health reasons. It stops blowflies laying their eggs on dirty tails, and is a common practice throughout the world.
In the past, people conducted virtually all their financial dealings with their local branch—current accounts, mortgages, personal loans and house insurance.
I intend to continue that, and I intend to ensure that people who are responsible, in various agencies, do their jobs. They are accountable to me for that, and I am accountable to the Parliament.