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Audit Scotland conduct annual audits of the financial reports of local authorities in Scotland. In addition, Best Value audits ensure that a local authority is delivering its duty of best value and operating in a prudent and sustainable manner.
We want to give asylum-seeking children in particular the best support. I ask the UK Government to allow us, please, to provide support in a way that we know will work best for those children.
Spending money on something will, of course, have an impact, but is it the best way to spend that money in order to achieve the outcome in the most efficient way so that we get best value for money?
That is not happening across Scotland—the Tayside example is probably the best example of systemic change, but some local authorities are taking a very different approach.
The thoughts that I am reflecting are as you outlined: we are concerned about implementation and making the process work in order to achieve, in the best possible way, the improvement that we are all seeking.
I absolutely love the place and I want to leave it in the best state possible. Most farmers feel the same way, and we need to support them in doing that.