FROM SCOTTISH OFFICE TO SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

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FROM SCOTTISH OFFICE TO SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

• AN INSIDERS OVERVIEW
• KENNETH MACKENZIE

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KEY DATES

• 1603 UNION OF CROWNS
• 1707 UNION OF PARLIAMENTS
• 1746 SECRETARY OF STATE ABOLISHED
• 1885 SCOTTISH OFFICE
• 1926 SECRETARY OF STATE RESTORED
• 1939 ST ANDREWS HOUSE
• 1999 SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

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POST 1979

• Campaign for a Scottish Parliament
• Vigil For A Scottish Parliament
• Scotland in the Union
• Scotlands Parliament Scotlands Right
• Fundamentals of a new Scotland Act
• Joint Consultative Committee Report
• We will trust the people

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PRINCIPLES OF APPROACH

• Deliver on John Smiths legacy
• Avoid mistakes of 1970s
• Keep adequate control
• Blair Project modernisation empowerment
• Get ahead with it quickly

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• Aim
• To work with Scottish Ministers to improve the
  well being of Scotland and its people
• Vision
• Our vision is of an organisation which
• Earns Respect
• Promotes Scottish interests
• Is open and in touch
• Works together
• Works with and learns from others
• Ensures high quality services
• Makes the best use of resources
• Values its people
• Values
• As Civil Servants our values are
• Integrity and honesty
• Objectivity
• Political impartiality
• Fairness

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THE IMPACT

• More scrutiny
• More Ministers
• More to do
• More to deliver

• New Policies
• New People
• New Systems
• The centre

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EXPECTED BUT DIDNT HAPPEN

• Disputes over Powers
• Break up of Britain
• End of Expenditure Formula
• Tax Varying
• European Embarrassments
• Electoral Confusion
• Withering Away of Secretary of State

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EXPECTED AND DID HAPPEN

• Power Sharing
• West Lothian Question
• Local Government Commission
• Closer Accountability
• Modernising Government
• Business as Usual

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NOT EXPECTED BUT DID HAPPEN - PARLIAMENT

• Volume of Scrutiny
• Power of Backbenchers
• Pressures on Parliamentary Time
• Attitude of the Chair
• Ferocity of Media Hostility

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NOT EXPECTED BUT DID HAPPEN - MINISTERS

• Numbers
• Reshuffle
• Real Cabinet Government
• Degree of Exposure

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NOT EXPECTED BUT DID HAPPEN CIVIL SERVANTS

• Unified Civil Service Intact
• Role of the Centre
• Stressed out Staff
• Degree of Exposure
• Feeling Different

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

• Events, dear boy, events
• Boom rather than Bust
• No Turning Back
• 2003
• 2007