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Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees, 19 December 2023
 Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Correspondence Dec. 19 2023

Committee: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Found: In 2021, the Minister for Parliamentary Business convened the Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Convener of 19 December 2023
 Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Scottish Government response to Committee report

Correspondence Dec. 19 2023

Inquiry: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Finance and Public Administration Committee

Found: Governance Review to strengthen local decision -making, including through Single Authority Models and Democracy

Deposited Papers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2023

Source Page: I. Set up and initial operation of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). Business case: Summary. 28p. II. Letter dated 14/12/2023 from Rebecca Pow MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries following parliamentary questions. 1p.
Document: 20231206_Annex_B_OEP_Summary_Business_Case.pdf (PDF)

Found: This will support democracy, transparency and citizen engagement on environmental issues, and lead

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Tax and Revenues Directorate

Dec. 19 2023

Source Page: Scottish Budget 2024 to 2025: equality and fairer Scotland statement
Document: Annex A: Equality and Fairer Scotland Budgeting: Process for 2024-25 Budget (PDF)

Found: tool for community empowerment and as a means to build on the wider development of participatory democracy

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Local Government and Housing Directorate

Dec. 18 2023

Source Page: Briefings, speeches and events attended by Minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants' rights: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202200334728 - Attachments 1-9 (PDF)

Found: democracy: • local deliberative engagements that culminate in a national Ci tizen s’ Assembly on

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Local Government and Housing Directorate

Dec. 13 2023

Source Page: Terms of reference for groups falling under Director General of Communities: FOI release
Document: FoI 202300342637 - Letter Annex - March 2023 - Part 2 (webpage)

Found: open-government-partnership-reporting-mechanism-working-group-terms-of-reference/ Covid Recovery & Public Service Reform Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Local Government and Housing Directorate

Dec. 12 2023

Source Page: List of working groups set up within the Communities Directorate: FOI release
Document: FoI - 202300342287 - Annex (PDF)

Found: Government - Y/N Recommendations taken forward by Government Institutionalising Participatory & Deliberative

Select Committee
National Centre for Social Research
 SSTG0039 - Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Written Evidence Dec. 07 2023

Inquiry: Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Found: ://www.uk-values.org/news-comment/uk-satisfaction-with-politics-internationally-low-but-support-for-democracy-has-still

Select Committee
The National Preparedness Commission
 SSTG0030 - Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Written Evidence Dec. 07 2023

Inquiry: Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Found: because the turbulent, novel and uncertain nature of the external environment has rendered traditional deliberative

Select Committee
First Report - The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

Report Dec. 04 2023

Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: very difficult for the DUP to stay out at that point, and at least you would have some semblance of democracy