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The Scottish Parliament and law making
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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Carol Howells.

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Week 1

Text

Box 1: Extracts from The Scotland Act (1998) © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 3: Extracts from The Scotland Act (2012) © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 4: From Scotland Office and Mundell, D. (2015a). Scotland Bill 2015 - legislation and explanatory notes https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ scotland-bill-2015-legislation-and-explanatory © Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 5: From: Scotland Office and Mundell, D. (2015b). Scotland Bill 2015 - legislation and explanatory https://www.gov.uk/ government  publications/scotland-bill-2015-legislation-and-explanatory (c) Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/  

Box 6: Office of the Advocate General for Scotland. (2015). 2010 to 2015 government policy: Scottish devolutionhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 8: © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/   Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence 

Box 9: Extracts from Cabinet Office. (2011). Devolution guidance notes [Online] Available at https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ devolution-guidance-notes , http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figures

Figure 1: Mace was designed and crafted by Michael Lloyd Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence 

Figure 2: From: Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century © Produced by the Commission on Scottish Devolution.

Figure 3 :extracts from The Scotland Act (2012) © Crown (excluding logo): https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 4: PA Images

Figure 5: from Scotland Act 2016 c11 © Crown: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 6: from Scotland Act 2016 c11 © Crown: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 7: extracts from The Scotland Act (1998) © Crown (excluding logo) https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 8: from: Scottish Parliament (Parliamentary Business) content (excluding logo) http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 9: BBC News Scotland

Figure 10 from: http://www.businessforscotland.com/ fm-nicola-sturgeon-must-protect-scotland-brexit-fallout/  68

Week 2

Figures

Figure 15: extract from Scotland Act (1998) © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/ (excluding logo)

Week 3

Figure 2: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament Photograph (c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 3: What Happens in the Scottish Parliament: http://www.parliament.scot/ PublicInformationdocuments/ SP_YPaW_A5_Leaflet_(alt).pdf https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 4: Adam Elder/Scottish Parliament. Photograph (c) 2005 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 5: extract from Scotland Act (1998) as amended: © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 6: extract from Scotland Act (1998) as amended: © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 8: extract from Scotland Act (1998) as amended: © Crown http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 9: Layout of Bill http://www.parliament.scot/ parliamentarybusiness/ Bills/ 576.aspx(c) Crown content available under http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 10: screen shot of Scottish Parliament website © Crown content available under http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 11: Bills of the Scottish Parliament 1999 to 2016 http://www.parliament.scot/ parliamentarybusiness/ Bills/ 576.aspx(c) Crown content available under

Figure 12: Examples of Scottish Bills 1999-2016 –http://www.parliament.scot/ parliamentarybusiness/ Bills/ 576.aspx(c) Crown content available under

Figure 13: Stages of a bill from Scottish Parliament website © Crown content available under http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 14:  Extract from 2015-16 Scottish Parliament Annual Report (c) Crown 2007 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 17: Front page of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (c) Crown 2007 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Week 4

Figure 1: Catherine Bebbington for © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 2: House of Lords © Parliamentary copyright

Figure 3: Houses of Parliament from the river Thames © BBC

Figure 4: © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 5: from: The Scotland Bill: Devolution of Scotland's Parliament Research Paper 98/7 1998 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/ documents/ RP98-1/ RP98-1.pdf © Crown

Figure 6: © Crown (HM Government)

Box 1: 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)

Figures 7, 8, 9: (C) Parliamentary Copyright https://www.parliament.uk/ site-information/ copyright/ open-parliament-licence/

Figures 10, 11, 12: screenshot content © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 2/

Figures 13, 14: screenshot content © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Audio Visual

2.1 Debating Bills: How the Lords works with the Commons to make a bill law | A day in the life | https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=-L5nSn_mbOs House of Lords Parliamentary copyright. WWW.parliament.uk I

Week 5

Figures

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/  

Week 6

Figure 1: Andrew Cowan for Scottish Parliament (c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 2: (c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 3: From Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 4: © Scottish Parliament Corporate Body. Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence. http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 5: Bar chart showing Scottish Statutory Instruments from 1999 - 2017. (c) Crown copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3

Figure 7: (c) Brian Anthony/Alamy Stock Photo not in place

Figure 8: Screen shot from Scotland Act (1998) © Crown Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence. http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 9: Screen shot from Scotland Act (1998) © Crown Contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence. http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Box 3: Extract from Blackwell, J. (2015, December 14). Delegated Legislation: Frequently Asked Questions from http://blog.hansardsociety.org.uk/ delegated-legislation-frequently-asked-questions/

Box 4 Extract from Blackwell, J. (2015, December 14). Delegated Legislation: Frequently Asked Questions from http://blog.hansardsociety.org.uk/ delegated-legislation-frequently-asked-questions/

Week 7

Figure 1: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 2: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 3: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 4: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 5: © Adam Elder for Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Figure 6: © Parliamentary Copyright https://www.parliament.uk/ site-information/ copyright-parliament/ open-parliament-licence/

Figure 7: Scotland Office Logo © Crown

Figure 8: © James Paine Henry Holland (Wikimedia Commons) https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/

Figure 9: © Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Figure 10: © Parliamentary Copyright https://www.parliament.uk/ site-information/ copyright-parliament/ open-parliament-licence/

Text

Box 2: extract from: Scotland Office and Mundell, D. (2015, 10 June). Power to set 2016 Scottish Parliamentary term to be handed over .From https://www.gov.uk/ government/ news/ power-to-set-2016-scottish-parliamentary-term-to-be-handed-over(c) Crown https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 3: extract from: Scottish Parliament. (2016).Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament (6th Edition)http://www.parliament.scot/ Parliamentaryprocedureandguidance/ CCEd06Rev01201605.pdf(c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ ScottishParliamentLicence20160404.pdf

Week 8

Figure 1: (c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Copyright Contains information licenced under the Open Scottish Parliament Licence V.2 http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 2: courtesy: Equality Network http://www.equality-network.org/

Figure 3 Logo: Scottish Law Commission https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/

Figure 4: © Kim Traynor https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/ deed.en

Figure 5: courtesy: © John Paul http://www.photographerprofessional.com/

Figure 6: © Archphotography/Alamy

Figure 7: © Maurice from Zoetermeer, Netherlands in Wikimedia Commons https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.5/

Figure 8: (c) Scottish Parliament Corporate Body Contains information licenced under the Open Scottish Parliament Licence V.2 http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

Figure 9: Rex Features

Figure 10: © Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ documents/

Figure 11: (c) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (2015) 1st edition, March 2015 Contains information licenced under the Open Scottish Parliament Licence V.2 http://www.parliament.scot/ Fol/ Scottish_Parliament_Licence_2017.pdf

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