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Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Constitution Directorate
External Affairs Directorate

Nov. 17 2023

Source Page: Building a New Scotland: an independent Scotland in the EU
Document: An independent Scotland in the EU - Paper 7 (PDF)

Found: EU’s founding principles and core values – based on human dignity, equality, rule of law, freedom, democracy

Select Committee
George Robertson
 SSTG0023 - Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

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

Found: democracy mechanisms (such as Citizens Assemblies) to support or supplement conventional inquiries

Select Committee
Queen Mary, University of London
 MHL0017 - Membership of the House of Lords

Written Evidence Nov. 09 2023

Inquiry: Membership of the House of Lords
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: diminished thanks to reforms begun in the 1990s to produce more ‘family friendly’ hours, this deliberative

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Just Transition (North-east and Moray) - Mon 06 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: None It is about having very localised democracy, really. - Speech Link
2: None take part in consultations and the decision-making process at any level.It would be nice to have local democracy—I - Speech Link
3: None In our current democratic system, there is no real accountability; we do not have a real democracy, in - Speech Link
4: None Inverurie and in other areas in Aberdeenshire to ensure that the plans that we are creating through those deliberative - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Embedding Public Participation in the Work of the Parliament - Thu 26 Oct 2023

Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) I wonder why they were so unenthusiastic about that.In doing that, we worked out how deliberative democracy - Speech Link
2: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) We think that Parliament has a role to take forward in extending deliberative democracy and we recommend - Speech Link
3: Adam, George (SNP - Paisley) In our response to the institutionalising participatory and deliberative democracy expert working group - Speech Link
4: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) I will talk about the definition of deliberative democracy. - Speech Link
5: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) First, I propose to consider further the barriers to participative and deliberative democracy, rather - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Decision Time - Thu 26 Oct 2023

Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) scrutiny from Session 7 onwards; endorses the Committee’s recommended principles for the future use of deliberative - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Consultation analysis)
Economic Development Directorate

Oct. 26 2023

Source Page: Building Community Wealth in Scotland: consultation analysis
Document: Building Community Wealth in Scotland: Analysis of responses to the consultation exercise (PDF)

Found: Suggestions for the type of content that would be helpful included: • Links to resources for deliberative

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate

Oct. 24 2023

Source Page: Patrick Harvie's expenses for trip to Rome: FOI release
Document: Meeting Note - Mr Harvie - OGP Europe Regional Meeting (PDF)

Found: OGP Key Messages • Coming at a critical time when democracy is under unprecedented threat from attacks

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Oct. 19 2023

Source Page: Contact between constitutional futures division and Professor Alan Renwick: FOI release
Document: FOI202300367628 - Annex A & B (PDF)

Found: Democracy in the UK after Brexit Alan is leading the Unit' s ESRC -funded project on Democracy in

Select Committee
Policy Connect
 LLM0065 - Large language models

Written Evidence Oct. 18 2023

Inquiry: Large language models
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Communications and Digital Committee

Found: data, and the creation of fake facts that can damage society such as through the undermining of democracy