Dame Jackie Baillie has been a member of the Scottish Parliament since the first election on May 6, 1999.
Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie said the Scottish Parliament has become ’embedded in our psyche’ as a nation
She told the PA news agency: “I would like to see the Presiding Officer, the Standards Committee, leading a programme of work that actually gives the Parliament more teeth.She said the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee at the Scottish Parliament is “looking at a piece of work about how you strengthen committees, do you elect committee conveners, to put people who will scrutinise… in a way that is the right thing for the people of Scotland, not their political party”.
She accused the Scottish Government of making policy announcements “outside of Parliament, not to Parliament”, and added: “I think there is a lot of disrespect shown by a majority Government that knows it can get every vote through, is not interested in winning the argument.” “That’s just wrong. Westminster has a more robust relationship than the Scottish Parliament has with the Scottish Government.
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