Category Archives: Scottish Parliament
Peat Worrier on the quality of legislative scrutiny
http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/justice-committee-fail.html From January: Lallands Peat Worrier worries about the quality of the Justice’s Committee’s analysis of the existing law relating to assisted suicide. the Justice Committee’s summary of the Scottish legal position amounts to a big shrug about the complexity
Peat Worrier on the quality of legislative scrutiny
http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/justice-committee-fail.html From January: Lallands Peat Worrier worries about the quality of the Justice’s Committee’s analysis of the existing law relating to assisted suicide. the Justice Committee’s summary of the Scottish legal position amounts to a big shrug about the complexity
Love and Garbage on public funding for football club buy-outs
https://loveandgarbage.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/political-consensus-and-public-funding-to-buy-shares-in-scottish-football-clubs/ Love and Garbage appears to be only place reporting a recent development in the Scottish Parliament, in which the SNP, Labour and Conservatives (Lib Dems not on the relevant committee) supported a Green Party amendment to a bill, which
Love and Garbage on public funding for football club buy-outs
https://loveandgarbage.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/political-consensus-and-public-funding-to-buy-shares-in-scottish-football-clubs/ Love and Garbage appears to be only place reporting a recent development in the Scottish Parliament, in which the SNP, Labour and Conservatives (Lib Dems not on the relevant committee) supported a Green Party amendment to a bill, which
Patrick Harvie highlights close links between ministerial aides and parliamentary committees
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/scrutiny-at-holyrood-amounts-to-no-more-than-a-government-marking-its-own-work.122243811 This recent piece on the problems of parliamentary scrutiny in Scotland is by Patrick Harvie MSP, Leader of the Green Party in Scotland. Harvie highlights that Parliamentary Liaison Officers (MSPs assigned as ministerial aides in Scotland, known as Parliamentary
Patrick Harvie highlights close links between ministerial aides and parliamentary committees
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/scrutiny-at-holyrood-amounts-to-no-more-than-a-government-marking-its-own-work.122243811 This recent piece on the problems of parliamentary scrutiny in Scotland is by Patrick Harvie MSP, Leader of the Green Party in Scotland. Harvie highlights that Parliamentary Liaison Officers (MSPs assigned as ministerial aides in Scotland, known as Parliamentary
Meantime in Scotland ... 