Leave it how it is. SPA is a heavily restricted award and should be. The level of skill and experience is far below MIA and rightly so. Many SPA are and would be competent at teaching leading but adding to the remit with bolt ons would complicate the system that already works. Being and experienced ML before heading to MIA shows an broader knowledge of working in the mountains. These awards should be hard work to get but obtainable as they already are. Not a walk in the park to any tom, dick or sally. For those living in the southwest wanting to access sea cliff i feel your pain but just because a crag is at sea level, doesn't mean that mountain skills such as dealing with step ground and group management are not needed. That experience only comes with time. Experience cannot be learned from a book or from attending a course. It only comes with time served. Professional judgment and design making is a hard thing to asses, yet experience and all round knowledge helps.