Report on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach

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- Introduction
- Current landscape
  - Role of the SPCB
  - Role of parliamentary committees
  - Role of the Scottish Government
  - Earlier reviews of the landscape
  - Terminology
- How the current model works in practice
  - Democratic accountability
  - Accountability to Parliament
    
    A coherent approach?
    
    Governance arrangements
    
    Parliamentary scrutiny through committees
    
    Duplication and overlap
    
    Use of Session 2 Finance Committee criteria
- A growing landscape
  - Overview
  - Drivers for establishing new SPCB supported bodies
    
    Failures in public service delivery
    
    The need for 'champions'
    
    A longer-term approach
    
    Independence
    
    Sunset clauses
- The case for review
- Alternative models
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Annexe A - Inquiry remit
- Annexe B - Extract from SPICe Briefing on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
- Annexe C - SPICe Briefings and Notes of Discussion with Former Commissioners and MSPs and Former MSPS
- Annexe D - Extracts from the Minutes of Finance and Public Administration Committee Meetings
- Annexe E - Evidence
- Introduction
- Current landscape
- How the current model works in practice
- A growing landscape
- The case for review
- Alternative models
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Annexe A - Inquiry remit
- Annexe B - Extract from SPICe Briefing on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
- Annexe C - SPICe Briefings and Notes of Discussion with Former Commissioners and MSPs and Former MSPS
- Annexe D - Extracts from the Minutes of Finance and Public Administration Committee Meetings
- Annexe E - Evidence
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