Examples of Committees holding Govt to account or not! by Ms Cassidy https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s Write example of holding the Govt to account via committtees en-us 2020-10-26 09:37:37 UTC 2025-03-31 15:03:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png MsCassidy https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861042492 2020-10-26 09:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861042492 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861043080 Committees are effective example ; since June 2020 the committee have been currently dealing with harassment complaints against he Scottish Government and Former First Minster, Alex Salmond.


]]> 2020-10-26 09:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861043080 committees cannot be effective because they can sometimes be biased if more party members are in one committee than another https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861044331 2020-10-26 09:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861044331 Notre dame co-Ed scenario https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861044575 Girls from this school met with the education committee and attended the meetings to express their opinions on the school going co-ed and it was holding the government accountable as they weren’t bothering to ask how anyone (from the school that was going to be affected) felt about it.]]> 2020-10-26 09:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861044575 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861046371 Committees can be not effective as if there is a majority government e.g. SNP the MSPs of the majority government can dominate the committee even though it may be ran by another party ]]> 2020-10-26 09:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861046371 Committees scrutise the work of the government breaking down the fine details of potential proposals for legislation https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861046420 2020-10-26 09:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861046420 gw10kamranfaiza https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861047750 2020-10-26 09:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861047750 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861048979 Majority of committees such as education committee have SNP convenors such as James Dornan as SNP have the greatest representation in parliament ]]> 2020-10-26 09:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861048979 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861050031 They are not effective because SNP dominates most committees such as health even though it is chaired by a labour MSP]]> 2020-10-26 09:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861050031 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861052055 COVID-19 Committee is currently reporting on the Scottish Government’s response to COVID-19 and is taking evidence from the Coronavirus Acts to scrutinise the government. ]]> 2020-10-26 09:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861052055 gw10kamranfaiza https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861054437 Committees play a big role in examining the government as there is only one chamber whereas west minister is bicameral ]]> 2020-10-26 09:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861054437 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861056001 Ineffective- Committees tend to have more representatives from one political party than others (the SNP dominates most of the committees.) ]]> 2020-10-26 09:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861056001 Committees https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861059371 Committees consider government policy and they scrutinise the work and expenditure of the government. They also examine proposals and legislations. 
They are effective because they spend significant time looking at fine details in smaller groups. They can also hear from experts and gather details. ]]> 2020-10-26 09:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861059371 MsCassidy https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861059543 2020-10-26 09:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861059543 MsCassidy https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861070765 2020-10-26 09:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861070765 MsCassidy https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861071571 2020-10-26 09:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861071571 https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861074717 2020-10-26 09:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCassidy/s6gbytomwjb6cd3s/wish/861074717