Public Confidence and Public Inquiries

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I suspect there is widespread support for holding a Scotland specific inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic.

The next big test is how the person (a judge) is chosen to lead the inquiry, what its terms of reference should be and the time frame for producing a final report.

So, from a public confidence standpoint, it would clearly be best to decide these issues via the Scottish Parliament - in an effort to come to a consensus on all party basis.

Let's see what happens in the months ahead.   

 

About Time Too! (August 24, 2021)

So Scottish Ministers have finally announced that a public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic will finally get underway by the end of this year.

About time too - and well done to journalists at the Sunday Post and elsewhere for keeping the pressure up! 

 

Scottish Ministers - Dragging Their Feet (August 22, 2021)

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Scottish Ministers are desperately trying to prevent Scotland from having its own public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic, but the Sunday Post turns up the heat!

  

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