Le Parlement écossais et la démocratie participative by Annie THIEC

“…Indeed the Constitutional Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament set up in November 1997 by the then Secretary of State for Scotland and whose remit was to prepare draft standing orders for the new institution, recommended in its report published in December 1998 that a “participative approach to the development, consideration and scrutiny, of policy and legislation” be adopted by the Scottish Parliament.As the people of Scotland are about to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their new devolved institution, can it be said that the ‘people’s parliament’ has lived up to its name?…”
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