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If a member must declare their interests to the best of their ability only, the implication might be that there could be something that is not declared.
The Executive should focus on making the Parliament and the country the best that they can be. That will not be the result of constant ministerial changes, but of the Government's addressing the challenges that exist in Scotland today.
There are some good contract stalkers who try their best to do a proper job, but there also appears to be a bunch of cowboys, some of whom are getting paid by the head, and as far as I know they are happy with that.
Furthermore, the governor of Cornton Vale—a very experienced lady—reckoned that it is not the best way forward to have male prison officers working in female prisons.
If the Executive accepted that certain aspects of this SSI were not best worded, it could proceed with the current SSI, but indicate that an updated one would be brought forward in due course.
The SNP has said consistently since February that the issue will be settled in keeping with the best traditions of Scottish education, in the guidance and in the guidelines.
There are so many grey areas that it is best to use all our knowledge about the person and bring in gradually more sophisticated risk-assessment techniques to do the best that we can in identifying the risks that the individual offender poses.