Written Question · S2W-25303 · Session 2
Further to the answer to question S2W-23155 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006, whether it will now reconsider its decision not to publish …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23155 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006, whether it will now reconsider its decision not to publish the MacLeod reports and the other report referred to, in light of the public comments made in the Scotsman newspaper on 27 March 2006 by the former Solicitor General for Scotland and High Court Judge, Lord McCluskey, that this rule “has no bearing whatsoever outside the confines of a live litigation in court”, that “there is absolutely no rule or basic principle of Scots law that prevents the Scottish Executive from making the reports in question available to MSPs” and that “Ministers cannot plead confidentiality when the litigation in question is finished and the taxpayer has paid over a million pounds in damages and expenses”.
The answer
I refer the member to theanswers to questions S2W-23155 and S2W-25240 on 20 March 2006 and 11 May 2006 respectively.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’swebsite the search facility for which can be found at:
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In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-25303 by reference.