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How are the views of the young persons housing forum taken into account? I understand that you try to ensure that the forum meets in an informal setting.
That is legitimate, because quangos are accountable ultimately through ministers to the Scottish Parliament, so it is right that we should intervene in those cases.
However, I doubt that he has the powers to instruct courts or procurators fiscal to take that into account. Pauline McNeill is a member of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee.
That is a much better source of employment information and it has fed through the whole of the national accounts and the whole of the regional accounts.
This is not a legal or constitutional quibble: it is a basic issue of accountability and democracy. United Kingdom ministers are responsible for and accountable for the policies and official actions in the area.