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[David Deary]

Whilst I support the idea of things being done locally there can be problems with this. The first one being that it is very easy for those you wish to be involved in making the final decision already having been involved in the dispute. Another being that if the complaint is made against a senior person locally then there can be problems with either people being unhappy to have to investigate that official or the person making the complaint may have great difficulty accepting that a fair decision was reached.

The same is true at a national level Alex as I'm sure you appreciate. Quite how that becomes an argument against doing it locally I'm not so sure.

For instance in Ayrshire we don't have members of the Management Committee sit on the Grievance/Complaints/Appeals Committees but in CS you have two Directors (according to Steve) on the Committee. That seems at odds with your post.