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I repeat that I do not want to go in that direction. The lines of accountability are obvious. The minister is ultimately accountable and officials have the role of advising ministers.
I am now overcome with contrition: I had not realised that in his late teens he was subjected to such a searing experience as admission to the accountancy profession. Accountancy's loss is our gain.
The argument can be addressed, if that is appropriate, through the audit route if the Accounts Commission for Scotland or Audit Scotland wishes to take up the matter.
Given that local authorities must be democratically accountable for their actions and that the education authority is clearly within the locus of the Scottish Parliament, how can that democratic accountability be exercised?