Schedule 4
2:15 pm
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
I do not want to be unnecessarily inquisitive about this, although I suppose to be so is our purpose. The NAS relationship with the SFA is becoming clearer as a result of the Minister’s comments. However, I understand that the SFA does not report to both Departments, so presumably if the accountability is assured through the SFA, it is hard to understand why Ministers from a Department with which the SFA has no relationship would be involved in an inquiry concerning those matters by a body such as the Public Accounts Committee.