It was the BCS which had insisted that the BBC in future report annually to Holyrood. Complex accountability is what this is all about. But the denouement, it turned out, was not to come until the following Tuesday. Only when you've sat through dozens of hours of this sort of stuff do you come to understand why London BBC is simply incapable of responding adequately to Scottish home rule. Secrecy creates the confused public debate.
Secrecy causes leaks and half-truths.
Secrecy, therefore, undermines democracy. Of course confidentiality is needed when personal matters are involved. Occasionally, also, commercial considerations have to be protected too, although the BBC rather too often invokes these when what is really at stake is public policy. But the norm ought to be public debate. The Scottish parliament will have to lead by example.