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The Scottish Parliament and law making
The Scottish Parliament and law making

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Figure 1: Screen shot from Scottish Parliament website: content © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf 

Figure 2: © Kim Traylor https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:National_Gallery_of_Scotland,_the_Mound_Edinburgh.jpg

Figure 3: © John Peter Photograph/Alamy

Figure 4: from: https://www.edinburghguide.com/

Figure 5: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence: http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 7: Houses of parliament (C) Crown Copyright https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 2/

Figure 8: From: www.gov.uk/guidance/good-law (c) Crown Copyright https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 2: Extract from: Kelly, R. and the Parliament and Constitution Centre. (2005). Drafting Legislation and the Parliamentary Counsel Office Available at http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN03756/SN03756.pdf. ©Crown (HM Government)

Box 5: Extract from: Parliamentary Office and Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. (2013). When laws become too complex [Online]. https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ when-laws-become-too-complex/ when-laws-become-too-complex 70. © Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/  

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