Whether it has any plans to introduce legislation to make public appointments more accountable to the Parliament.

Any changes to the role orfunctions of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland,who oversees public appointments in Scotland, is a matter for Parliament.
The Public Appointments andPublic Bodies etc, (Scotland) Act 2003 established the Commissioner for PublicAppointments in Scotland. The commissioner is appointed on the nomination of the Scottish Parliament and is entirely independent of Scottish ministers. Thecurrent commissioner took up post on 1 June 2004.The commissioner’s role is to oversee that all regulated appointments by ministersare made fairly and openly and, as far as possible, that all categories ofpeople have the opportunity to be considered for public appointments. The act providesfor the commissioner to consult with Parliament in the preparation of her Codeof Practice on Public Appointments and to report to Parliament any failure by ministersto comply with the code. The act also requires that the commissioner must laybefore Parliament each year a report on the exercise of her functions.