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S6W-10962 Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government whether it still plans to undertake a consultation on improving animal transport legislation, and phasing out cages for gamebirds and laying hens, and farrowing crates for pigs.
The committee will know that IJBs are local government bodies. The Accounts Commission has published extensive reports on them but because of the nature of accountability arrangements, those reports do not always filter through to this committee, which receives either joint reports from me and the Accounts Commission or reports that Audit Scotland has prepared on my behalf.
It is absolutely right that that child’s family circumstances are taken into account. However, I want it to be on record that we also need an understanding of what the victim is going through.
The third aspect is Parliament’s relationship with the Executive, both in holding the Executive to account and in background correspondence, communication and so on.