International travel undertaken by Scottish Parliamentary Counsel, Years 2018-2024: FOI release
- Published
- 16 April 2024
- Directorate
- People Directorate
- Part of
- International, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400394548
- Date received
- 19 January 2024
- Date responded
- 14 February 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. Details of all international travel undertaken by Scottish parliamentary counsel in the years 2023, 2022, 2019 and 2018.
2. Details of all planned international travel undertaken by Scottish parliamentary counsel in the year 2024.
Response
We have interpreted the scope of your questions to include all staff within the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO).
Response to Question 1:
International travel undertaken by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel:
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March 2019 |
To participate in Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services event on strengthening legislative effectiveness in Islamabad, Pakistan. Not funded by the Scottish Government. |
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April 2019 |
To participate in Commonwealth Association of Legislation Counsel Conference in Livingstone, Zambia. |
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July 2019 |
To participate in Parliamentary Counsels’ Committee Forum in Sydney, Australia. |
International travel undertaken by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel in the capacity as President of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel:
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September 2022 |
To participate in Legislative Drafting Conference in Ottawa, Canada. |
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November 2022 |
To participate in International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform in Washington, US. |
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November 2022 |
To participate in Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers in Mauritius. |
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March 2023 |
To participate in Commonwealth Law and Law Reform Conference on Goa, India. |
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August 2023 |
To participate in Commonwealth Association of Legislation Counsel Conference in Sydney, Australia. |
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October 2023 |
To participate in Commonwealth Association of Legislation Counsel Conference in Mombasa, Kenya. |
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November 2023 |
To participate in the International Bar Association Conference in Paris, France. |
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January 2024 |
To participate in Commonwealth Technical Assistance Programme to Namibian Government in Windhoek, Namibia. Not funded by the Scottish Government. |
International travel undertaken by other members of the Parliamentary Counsel Office:
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April 2018 |
To participate in International Conference on Legislation and Law reform in Washington, US. |
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September 2018 |
To participate in Legislative Drafting Conference in Ottawa, Canada. |
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September 2018 |
To teach at, and participate in, the University of Bologna’s Lex Summer School on Legal XML held in Ravenna, Italy. Not funded by the Scottish Government |
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September 2019 |
To teach at, and participate in, the University of Bologna’s Lex Summer School on Legal XML held in Ravenna, Italy. Not funded by the Scottish Government. |
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October 2023 |
To participate in exchange programme with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in Dublin, Ireland. |
International travel undertaken by other members of the Parliamentary Counsel Office in the capacity of Project Lead for the Legislative, Drafting, Amending and Publishing programme a programme jointly funded by the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, Cabinet Office, the two Houses of Parliament and The National Archives:
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May 2018 |
To participate in workshop on legislative drafting software with the European Commission and European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. |
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January 2019 |
To work with supplier based in Melbourne, Australia in relation to the Legislative Drafting, Amending and Publishing Programme and to research and evaluate legislative drafting software at the Legislation Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers in Singapore. |
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July 2019 |
To work with supplier based in Melbourne, Australia, in relation to the Legislative Drafting, Amending and Publishing Programme and to participate in Parliamentary Counsels’ Committee Forum in Sydney, Australia. |
Response to Question 2:
International travel planned by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel in the capacity as President of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel:
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March 2024 |
To participate in the Meeting of the Commonwealth Law Ministers in Tanzania. |
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