Commission on Scottish Devolution

An independent review of the experience of devolution in Scotland

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Papers

On this page you can find a range of papers produced by and for the Commission. This includes Commission reports and other publications, the minutes of Commission and task group meetings, notes of oral evidence taken in private, and significant items of correspondence.

Final Report

15 June 2009 - Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st century (Final Report) (PDF, 2.62MB)

15 June 2009 - The Commission on Scottish Devolution: A Summary of Evidence (May 2008 - June 2009) (PDF, 928KB)

15 June 2009 - Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century (Executive Summary) (PDF, 547KB)

15 June 2009 - Serving Scotland Better: Scotland and the United Kingdom in the 21st Century (Overview Booklet) (PDF, 1.59MB)

7 July 2009 - A’ toirt seirbheis nas fheàrr do dh’Alba: Alba is an Rìoghachd Aonaichte anns an 21mh linn - Ath-shealladh air an Aithisg Dheireannach (PDF, 51KB)

First Report and other Commission documents

June 2009 - Commission members: register of interests (PDF, 18KB)

20 March 2009 - Presentation to CIPFA (PDF, 148KB)

19 December 2008 - First Report: A Consultation (PDF, 205KB)

2 December 2008 - First Report: Vol 1 (Report) (PDF, 374KB)

2 December 2008 - First Report: Vol 2 (Evidence) (PDF, 624KB)

2 December 2008 - First Report: A Summary (PDF, 82KB)

August 2008 - Leaflet (PDF, 649KB)

August 2008 - Engagement strategy (PDF, 33KB)

May 2008 - Paper on the Scotland Act: powers and functions (PDF, 82KB)

Reports prepared for the Commission

15 June 2009 - Independent Expert Group: Final Report - the consultation response (PDF, 234KB)

5 June 2009 - Independent Expert Group report on natural resource taxation (PDF, 1.33MB)

5 June 2009 - Independent Expert Group report on borrowing (PDF, 945KB)

November 2008 - David Hume Institute paper: Options for Scotlands Future - the Economic Dimension (PDF, 508KB)

November 2008 - Independent Expert Group: First Evidence from the IEG to the Commission on Scottish Devolution (PDF, 1.3MB)

July 2008 - UCL Constitution Unit Report: Towards a new settlement?: a review of experience from the first decade of Scottish devolution (PDF, 475KB)

Notes of oral evidence taken in private

13 May 2009 - Members of Parliament (follow-up meeting) (PDF, 41KB)

22 April 2009 - Members of Parliament (PDF, 59KB)

16 April 2009 - Sir George Mathewson, Jim McColl and Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett (PDF, 57KB)

15 April 2009 - Professor Richard Simeon (PDF, 16KB)

3 April 2009 - Wine and Spirit Trade Association (PDF, 14KB)

3 April 2009 - Struan Stevenson MEP (PDF, 16KB)

31 March 2009 - Members of the Scottish Parliament (PDF, 93KB)

31 March 2009 - Professor Joxerramon Bengoetxea (PDF, 23KB)

31 March 2009 - Wolfgang Moessinger (PDF, 7KB)

26 March 2009 - Michael Aron (PDF, 15KB)

18 March 2009 - Lord Norton of Louth (PDF, 23KB)

16 March 2009 - Lord Foulkes MSP (PDF, 22KB)

16 March 2009 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor (PDF, 30KB)

11 March 2009 - Baroness Quin (PDF, 24KB)

10 March 2009 - David Crawley (PDF, 55KB)

18 November 2008 - David Cairns MP (PDF, 35KB)

18 November 2008 - Lord Grenfell (PDF, 31KB)

18 November 2008 - Office of Fair Trading (PDF, 40KB)

18 November 2008 - Sir Jon Shortridge (PDF, 34KB)

31 October 2008 - Professor Russel Griggs (PDF, 72KB)

15 October 2008 - Professor Francois Vaillancourt & Alan Morris (PDF, 94KB)

13 October 2008 - Presentation by Independent Expert Group (PDF, 54KB)

3 October 2008 - Sir Muir Russell (PDF, 41KB)

19 September 2008 - David Steel (Lord Steel of Aikwood) (PDF, 86KB)

9 September 2008 - Ross Finnie MSP, Dr Sir Iain Anderson (PDF, 49KB)

15 July 2008 - Lord Sewel and Alan Trench (PDF, 45KB)

8 July 2008 - Rt Hon George Reid (PDF, 42KB)

30 May 2008 - Presentation by Professor Charlie Jeffery (PDF, 175KB)

30 May 2008 - Presentation by Professor John Curtice (PDF, 2.12MB)

Commission meetings

9 June 2009 - Minutes of 21st meeting (PDF, 15KB)

9 June 2009 - Agenda for 21st meeting (PDF, 10KB)

5 June 2009 - Minutes of 20th meeting (PDF, 17KB)

5 June 2009 - Agenda for 20th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

1 June 2009 - Minutes of 19th meeting (PDF, 19KB)

1 June 2009 - Agenda for 19th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

28 May 2009 - Minutes of 18th meeting (PDF, 21KB)

28 May 2009 - Agenda for 18th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

21 May 2009 - Minutes of 17th meeting (PDF, 21KB)

21 May 2009 - Agenda for 17th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

8 May 2009 - Minutes of 16th meeting (PDF, 22KB)

8 May 2009 - Agenda for 16th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

24 April 2009 - Minutes of 15th meeting (PDF, 20KB)

24 April 2009 - Agenda for 15th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

20 April 2009 - Minutes of 14th meeting (PDF, 33KB)

20 April 2009 - Agenda for 14th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

16 March 2009 - Minutes of 13th meeting (PDF, 32KB)

16 March 2009 - Agenda for 13th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

9 March 2009 - Minutes of 12th meeting (PDF, 25KB)

9 March 2009 - Agenda for 12th meeting (PDF, 72KB)

13 February 2009 - Minutes of 11th meeting (PDF, 25KB)

13 February 2009 - Agenda for 11th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

30 January 2009 - Minutes of 10th meeting (PDF, 14KB)

30 January 2009 - Agenda for 10th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

27 November 2008 - Minutes of 9th meeting (PDF, 24KB)

27 November 2008 - Agenda for 9th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

11 November 2008 - Minutes of 8th meeting (PDF, 30KB)

11 November 2008 - Agenda for 8th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

17 October 2008 - Minutes of 7th meeting (PDF, 34KB)

17 October 2008 - Agenda for 7th meeting (PDF, 8KB)

10 September 2008 - Minutes of 6th meeting (PDF, 21KB)

10 September 2008 - Agenda for 6th meeting (PDF, 8KB)

28 August 2008 - Minutes of 5th meeting (PDF, 28KB)

28 August 2008 - Agenda for 5th meeting (PDF, 8KB)

24 July 2008 - Minutes of 4th meeting (PDF, 24KB)

24 July 2008 - Agenda for 4th meeting (PDF, 42KB)

30 June 2008 - Minutes of 3rd meeting (PDF, 66KB)

30 June 2008 – Agenda for 3rd meeting (PDF, 42KB)

30 May 2008 - Minutes of 2nd meeting (PDF, 87KB)

30 May 2008 - Agenda for 2nd meeting (PDF, 47KB)

28 Apr 2008 - Minutes of 1st meeting (PDF, 100KB)

28 Apr 2008 - Paper for 1st meeting – An approach to the task (PDF, 66KB)

28 April 2008 – Agenda for 1st meeting (PDF, 38KB)

Engagement Task Group meetings

5 June 2009 - Minutes of 13th meeting (PDF, 14KB)

21 May 2009 - Minutes of 12th meeting (PDF, 14KB)

8 May 2009 - Minutes of 11th meeting (PDF, 12KB)

2 April 2009 - Minutes of 10th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

12 February 2009 - Minutes of 9th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

9 January 2009 - Minutes of 8th meeting (PDF, 16KB)

17 October 2008 - Minutes of 7th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

19 September 2008 - Minutes of 6th meeting (PDF, 13KB)

1 September 2008 - Minutes of 5th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

15 August 2008 - Minutes of 4th meeting (PDF, 8KB)

11 July 2008 - Minutes of 3rd meeting (PDF, 8KB)

20 June 2008 - Minutes of 2nd meeting (PDF, 18KB)

15 May 2008 - Minutes of 1st meeting (PDF, 56KB)

Financial Accountability Task Group meetings

29 April 2009 - Minutes of 8th meeting (PDF, 16KB)

31 March 2009 - Minutes of 7th meeting (PDF, 13KB)

24 March 2009 - Minutes of 6th meeting (PDF, 17KB)

16 January 2009 - Minutes of 5th meeting (PDF, 26KB)

15 October 2008 - Minutes of 4th meeting (PDF, 17KB)

13 October 2008 - Minutes of 3rd meeting (PDF, 60KB)

21 July 2008 - Minutes of 2nd meeting (PDF, 17KB)

30 May 2008 - Minutes of 1st meeting (PDF, 20KB)

Intergovernmental Relations Task Group meetings

15 April 2009 - Minutes of 8th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

17 March 2009 - Minutes of 7th meeting (PDF, 16KB)

3 February 2009 - Minutes of 6th meeting (PDF, 19KB)

18 November 2008 - Minutes of 5th meeting (PDF, 15KB)

27 October 2008 - Minutes of 4th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

9 September 2008 - Minutes of 3rd meeting (PDF, 12KB)

15 July 2008 - Minutes of 2nd meeting (PDF, 15KB)

18 June 2008 - Minutes of 1st meeting (PDF, 44KB)

Functions Task Group meetings

21 May 2009 - Minutes of 11th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

5 May 2009 - Minutes of 10th meeting (PDF, 45KB)

8 April 2009 - Minutes of 9th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

27 March 2009 - Minutes of 8th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

27 February 2009 - Minutes of 7th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

12 February 2009 - Minutes of 6th meeting (PDF, 11KB)

11 November 2008 - Minutes of 5th meeting (PDF, 10KB)

31 October 2008 - Minutes of 4th meeting (PDF, 53KB)

6 October 2008 - Minutes of 3rd meeting (PDF, 13KB)

1 September 2008 - Minutes of 2nd meeting (PDF, 15KB)

9 June 2008 - Minutes of 1st meeting (PDF, 49KB)

Correspondence

5 April 2009 – Letter from Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution to the Chairman (PDF, 510KB)

2 April 2009 - Letter from Chairman to First Minister (PDF, 88KB)

18 March 2009 - Letter from Chairman to Secretary of State on Somerville judgment (PDF, 36KB)

18 February 2009 – Letter from Chairman to Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution (PDF, 33KB)

29 January 2009 – Letter from Chairman to First Minister (PDF, 41KB)

20 October 2008 - Reply from First Minister to Chairman (PDF, 499KB)

7 August 2008 - Letter from Chairman to First Minister (PDF, 47KB)

22 May 2008 - Reply from First Minister to Chairman (PDF, 83KB)

7 May 2008 - Letter from Chairman to First Minister (PDF, 13KB)

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