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November 2003
Nations and Regions: The Dynamics of Devolution Quarterly Monitoring Programme Scotland Quarterly Report November 2003 The monitoring programme is jointly funded by the ESRC and the Leverhulme Trust Introduction: James Mitchell 1. The Executive: Barry Winetrobe 2. The Parliament: Mark Shephard 3. The Media: Philip Schlesinger 4. Public Attitudes: John Curtice 5. UK intergovernmental relations: Alex Wright 6. Relations with Europe: Alex Wright 7. Relations with Local Government: Neil McGarvey 8. Finance: David Bell 9. Devolution disputes & litigation: Barry Winetrobe 10. Political Parties: James Mitchell 11. Public Policies: Barry Winetrobe ISBN: 1 903903 09 2 Introduction James Mitchell The policy agenda for the last quarter in Scotland was distinct from that south of the border while there was some overlap. Matters such as identity cards and foundation hospitals are figuring prominently north of the border though long-running issues concerned with health and law and order were important. In health, differences exist at policy level but also in terms of rhetoric – with the Health Minister refusing to refer to patients as ‘customers’. This suggests divergence without major disputes in devolutionary politics. An issue which has caused problems across Britain and was of significance this quarter was the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers as well as the education of the children of asylum seekers. Though asylum is a retained matter, the issue has devolutionary dimension as education is a devolved matter. The other significant event was the challenge to John Swinney’s leadership of the Scottish National Party. A relatively unknown party activist challenged Swinney resulting in a drawn-out campaign over the Summer which culminated in a massive victory for Swinney at the SNP’s annual conference. -
Europe Matters Issue 2 Dec-99
Europe Matters Issue 2 Dec-99 Editorial - Welcome to this, the second edition of Europe Matters, the electronic newsletter of the Scottish Parliament’s European Committee. I hope you continue to find this an interesting and informative publication. We have tried to make the articles accessible to the specialist and general reader, but would welcome any feedback on the nature of our coverage. On behalf of everyone on the Committee, please accept our sincere wishes for a Happy Christmas and a prosperous and successful New Year. Hugh Henry MSP All the news Busy December Ahead For Committee December will be a very busy month for the Committee with two important meetings scheduled within seven days of each other. European Fisheries Council On Tuesday 7th December at 2.00 p.m. in Committee Room 1, the Committee will be discussing the forthcoming European Fisheries Council meeting. The Council meets on the 16th and 17th December. Tavish Scott, member for Shetland, has agreed - on the Committee’s behalf - to contact representatives from the Scottish fishing industry and report back their views to the Committee meeting of the 7th. Details of the Fisheries Council Meeting can be found on the WebPage of the Finnish Presidency of the EU at: http://www.presidency.finland.fi Objective 3 On Tuesday 14th December, the Minister for Finance, Jack McConnell MSP, has agreed to attend a meeting of the Committee arranged to discuss the Scottish Executive’s proposed Objective 3 Operational Plan. Objective 3 funding is aimed at tackling social exclusion and long term unemployment and is therefore of great significance to the people of Scotland. -
Stewart2019.Pdf
Political Change and Scottish Nationalism in Dundee 1973-2012 Thomas A W Stewart PhD Thesis University of Edinburgh 2019 Abstract Prior to the 2014 independence referendum, the Scottish National Party’s strongest bastions of support were in rural areas. The sole exception was Dundee, where it has consistently enjoyed levels of support well ahead of the national average, first replacing the Conservatives as the city’s second party in the 1970s before overcoming Labour to become its leading force in the 2000s. Through this period it achieved Westminster representation between 1974 and 1987, and again since 2005, and had won both of its Scottish Parliamentary seats by 2007. This performance has been completely unmatched in any of the country’s other cities. Using a mixture of archival research, oral history interviews, the local press and memoires, this thesis seeks to explain the party’s record of success in Dundee. It will assess the extent to which the character of the city itself, its economy, demography, geography, history, and local media landscape, made Dundee especially prone to Nationalist politics. It will then address the more fundamental importance of the interaction of local political forces that were independent of the city’s nature through an examination of the ability of party machines, key individuals and political strategies to shape the city’s electoral landscape. The local SNP and its main rival throughout the period, the Labour Party, will be analysed in particular detail. The thesis will also take time to delve into the histories of the Conservatives, Liberals and Radical Left within the city and their influence on the fortunes of the SNP. -
Spice Briefing
MSPs BY CONSTITUENCY AND REGION Scottish SESSION 1 Parliament This Fact Sheet provides a list of all Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who served during the first parliamentary session, Fact sheet 12 May 1999-31 March 2003, arranged alphabetically by the constituency or region that they represented. Each person in Scotland is represented by 8 MSPs – 1 constituency MSPs: Historical MSP and 7 regional MSPs. A region is a larger area which covers a Series number of constituencies. 30 March 2007 This Fact Sheet is divided into 2 parts. The first section, ‘MSPs by constituency’, lists the Scottish Parliament constituencies in alphabetical order with the MSP’s name, the party the MSP was elected to represent and the corresponding region. The second section, ‘MSPs by region’, lists the 8 political regions of Scotland in alphabetical order. It includes the name and party of the MSPs elected to represent each region. Abbreviations used: Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Green Scottish Green Party Lab Scottish Labour LD Scottish Liberal Democrats SNP Scottish National Party SSP Scottish Socialist Party 1 MSPs BY CONSTITUENCY: SESSION 1 Constituency MSP Region Aberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald (Lab) North East Scotland Aberdeen North Elaine Thomson (Lab) North East Scotland Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen (LD) North East Scotland Airdrie and Shotts Karen Whitefield (Lab) Central Scotland Angus Andrew Welsh (SNP) North East Scotland Argyll and Bute George Lyon (LD) Highlands & Islands Ayr John Scott (Con)1 South of Scotland Ayr Ian -
Foi-18-00465
ANNEX ANNEX Case Number Summary of Case Decision Exemption/Exception applied FoI/16/01789 Correspondence including emails in relation to The Partial 30(b)(i);30(b)(ii);38(1)(b); Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Release Regulations 2016 since 18 October 2016. FoI/16/01829 To provide written information on the development of Partial camping management byelaws by loch Lomond and Release The Trossachs National Park or Scottish Ministers FoI/16/01842 Request for access to a file HH51/460 Refuse 31(1); FoI/16/01845 Details of contracts Scottish Government has with Partial 17;25;33(1)(b);38(1)(b); Warmworks Scotland & Energy Saving Trust Release FoI/16/01866 No of claims received in the last 3 years for damage to Partial 17; cars arising from potholes on A75, A77 & A76. How Release many claims were approved and the annual amount of compensation paid, how many were rejected and how many are to be resolved FoI/16/01873 All communications held by TS relating to accidents, Partial R10(4)(a);R10(4)(d);R11( design, inspections, reviews, investigations or safety Release 2); concerns for the A825 between Creagan and Benderloch from January 2015 FoI/16/01874 Correspondence, minutes of meetings and other Partial 25;30(b)(i); communications between the Scottish Government Release and Transport Scotland and Network Rail, local authorities or SPT regarding (a) Glasgow Crossrail and (b) electrification of the East Kilbride line. FoI/16/01876 training in NRs surrounding civil registration Partial 17; Release FoI/16/01877 Information on setting in Scottish schools. -
FDN-274688 Disclosure
FDN-274688 Disclosure MP Total Adam Afriyie 5 Adam Holloway 4 Adrian Bailey 7 Alan Campbell 3 Alan Duncan 2 Alan Haselhurst 5 Alan Johnson 5 Alan Meale 2 Alan Whitehead 1 Alasdair McDonnell 1 Albert Owen 5 Alberto Costa 7 Alec Shelbrooke 3 Alex Chalk 6 Alex Cunningham 1 Alex Salmond 2 Alison McGovern 2 Alison Thewliss 1 Alistair Burt 6 Alistair Carmichael 1 Alok Sharma 4 Alun Cairns 3 Amanda Solloway 1 Amber Rudd 10 Andrea Jenkyns 9 Andrea Leadsom 3 Andrew Bingham 6 Andrew Bridgen 1 Andrew Griffiths 4 Andrew Gwynne 2 Andrew Jones 1 Andrew Mitchell 9 Andrew Murrison 4 Andrew Percy 4 Andrew Rosindell 4 Andrew Selous 10 Andrew Smith 5 Andrew Stephenson 4 Andrew Turner 3 Andrew Tyrie 8 Andy Burnham 1 Andy McDonald 2 Andy Slaughter 8 FDN-274688 Disclosure Angela Crawley 3 Angela Eagle 3 Angela Rayner 7 Angela Smith 3 Angela Watkinson 1 Angus MacNeil 1 Ann Clwyd 3 Ann Coffey 5 Anna Soubry 1 Anna Turley 6 Anne Main 4 Anne McLaughlin 3 Anne Milton 4 Anne-Marie Morris 1 Anne-Marie Trevelyan 3 Antoinette Sandbach 1 Barry Gardiner 9 Barry Sheerman 3 Ben Bradshaw 6 Ben Gummer 3 Ben Howlett 2 Ben Wallace 8 Bernard Jenkin 45 Bill Wiggin 4 Bob Blackman 3 Bob Stewart 4 Boris Johnson 5 Brandon Lewis 1 Brendan O'Hara 5 Bridget Phillipson 2 Byron Davies 1 Callum McCaig 6 Calum Kerr 3 Carol Monaghan 6 Caroline Ansell 4 Caroline Dinenage 4 Caroline Flint 2 Caroline Johnson 4 Caroline Lucas 7 Caroline Nokes 2 Caroline Spelman 3 Carolyn Harris 3 Cat Smith 4 Catherine McKinnell 1 FDN-274688 Disclosure Catherine West 7 Charles Walker 8 Charlie Elphicke 7 Charlotte -
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill [AS INTRODUCED] CONTENTS 1 Amendments to the Immigration Rules 2 Extent, commencement and short title Bill 29 58/1 Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill 1 [AS INTRODUCED] A BILL TO Make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application; and for connected purposes. E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice B and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1 Amendments to the Immigration Rules (1) The Immigration Rules, as laid before Parliament under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, are amended as follows. (2) In paragraphs 360 and 360C (right to request permission to take up employment) for “one year” substitute “six months”. 5 (3) Omit paragraphs 360A and 360D (which place restrictions on the employment that may be taken up). (4) After paragraph 360E insert— “360F In paragraphs 360 to 360E, the terms “asylum applicant” and “individual” mean— 10 (a) a principal applicant, or (b) an adult dependant of a principal applicant in accordance with paragraph 349.” 2 Extent, commencement and short title (1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 15 (2) This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed. (3) This Act may be cited as the Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Act 2020. -
I Bitterly Regret the Day I Comgromised the Unity of My Party by Admitting
Scottish Government Yearbook 1990 FACTIONS, TENDENCIES AND CONSENSUS IN THE SNP IN THE 1980s James Mitchell I bitterly regret the day I comgromised the unity of my party by admitting the second member.< A work written over a decade ago maintained that there had been limited study of factional politics<2l. This is most certainly the case as far as the Scottish National Party is concerned. Indeed, little has been written on the party itself, with the plethora of books and articles which were published in the 1970s focussing on the National movement rather than the party. During the 1980s journalistic accounts tended to see debates and disagreements in the SNP along left-right lines. The recent history of the party provides an important case study of factional politics. The discussion highlights the position of the '79 Group, a left-wing grouping established in the summer of 1979 which was finally outlawed by the party (with all other organised factions) at party conference in 1982. The context of its emergence, its place within the SNP and the reaction it provoked are outlined. Discussion then follows of the reasons for the development of unity in the context of the foregoing discussion of tendencies and factions. Definitions of factions range from anthropological conceptions relating to attachment to a personality to conceptions of more ideologically based groupings within liberal democratic parties<3l. Rose drew a distinction between parliamentary party factions and tendencies. The former are consciously organised groupings with a membership based in Parliament and a measure of discipline and cohesion. The latter were identified as a stable set of attitudes rather than a group of politicians but not self-consciously organised<4l. -
Political Affairs Brief
28 March 2011 ISSUE 256 Minority Ethnic Matters Overview MEMO is produced by the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities in partnership with BEMIS - empowering Scotland's ethnic and cultural Supported b y minority communities . It provides an overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary Activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. Contents Immigration and Asylum Bills in Progress Race Relations Consultations Equality Job Opportunities Racism and Religious Hatred Funding Opportunities Other Holyrood Events/Conferences/Training Other Westminster Useful Links Note that some weblinks, particularly of newspaper articles, are only valid for a short period of time, usually around a month. Please send information for inclusion in MEMO to [email protected] and requests to be added to circulation to [email protected] The Scottish Parliament is now in dissolution until after the elections which will take place on 5 May 2011. During dissolution there are no MSPs and therefore no parliamentary business takes place. If you have not already done so, please remember to complete and post your census form this week, or fill it in online at https://questionnaire.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2011/lang_en/start To find out more about the census see http://www.scojec.org/memo+/2011/11iii_census.pdf For help to fill in your census form see http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/en/help/ or telephone 0300 123 1702 1 Immigration and Asylum Holyrood -
Justice Committee
JUSTICE COMMITTEE Tuesday 19 June 2012 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Tuesday 19 June 2012 CONTENTS Col. DECISION ON TAKING BUSINESS IN PRIVATE ................................................................................................. 1511 CRIME AND COURTS BILL ............................................................................................................................ 1512 SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION......................................................................................................................... 1523 Licensed Legal Services (Specification of Regulated Professions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 [Draft] ................................................................................................................................................... 1523 Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2012 [Draft] ............................. 1523 Fire and Rescue Services (Framework) (Scotland) Order 2012 (SSI 2012/146) ................................... 1526 Licensed Legal Services (Interests in Licensed Providers) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/154) .................................................................................................................................... 1528 Parole Board (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 (SSI 2012/167) ....................................................... -
Fact Sheet Session 3 Msps Not Standing Or Not Returned in the 2011 Election 6 May 2011 Msps: Historical Series
The Scottish Parliament and Scottish Parliament I nfor mation C entre l ogo Scottish Parliament Fact sheet Session 3 MSPs Not Standing or Not Returned in the 2011 Election 6 May 2011 MSPs: Historical Series 48 Session 3 MSPs were not returned to the Scottish Parliament in Session 4. They either did not stand as a candidate for re-election, or they stood but were not re-elected. This fact sheet is divided into two sections. The first section lists those MSPs who stood for re- election but failed to win a seat. The second section lists those MSPs who were serving at the end of Parliamentary Session 3 (22 March 2011) but chose not to stand for re-election. Abbreviation Party Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Green Scottish Green Party Ind Independent Lab Scottish Labour LD Scottish Liberal Democrats NPA No Party Affiliation Session 3 MSPs who stood for re-election in 2011 but failed to win a seat: MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) Robert Brown LD Glasgow (R) Derek Brownlee Con East Lothian (C), South Scotland (R) Bill Butler Lab Glasgow Anniesland (C) Cathie Craigie Lab Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (C) Ross Finnie LD Greenock and Inverclyde (C), West Scotland (R) Karen Gillon Lab Clydesdale (C) Charlie Gordon Lab Glasgow Cathcart (C) Andy Kerr Lab East Kilbride (C) Marilyn Livingstone Lab Kirkcaldy (C) Frank McAveety Lab Glasgow Shettleston (C) Tom McCabe Lab Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse (C) Anne McLaughlin SNP Glasgow Provan (C), Glasgow (R) Pauline McNeill Lab Glasgow Kelvin (C) Des McNulty Lab Clydebank and Milngavie (C) -
Official Report
MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 18 May 2011 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament‟s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Wednesday 18 May 2011 CONTENTS Col. BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 21 The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy (Bruce Crawford) ............................. 21 FIRST MINISTER ............................................................................................................................................... 23 The First Minister (Alex Salmond) .............................................................................................................. 23 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 25 Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................................... 27 Willie Rennie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ................................................................................................ 28 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 29 Margo MacDonald (Lothian) (Ind) ..............................................................................................................