When it will publish a consultation paper on a new public records strategy and whether it will legislate in this session to make statutory …

Answered Asked by Murray Tosh Con Lodged 15 Sep 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a consultation paper on a new public records strategy and whether it will legislate in this session to make statutory provision for effective record-keeping by public bodies and to provide for effective audit of local archive policies and practices.

The answer

Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 Oct 2004 · 16 days after it was lodged, 2 days after it was due

I refer the member to question S2W-3740 answered on 30 October 2003, in which I announced that the Scottish Executive is developing a Scottish Public Records Strategy looking at these issues, amongst others, and that there would be a formal consultation exercise in 2004. Work on the consultation paper is progressing and we are aiming to publish it within the next couple of months. I cannot give a commitment to legislate at this stage, as this will depend on a suitable legislative opportunity arising in the Parliament.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-10691 by reference.