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Public Inquiries

  • Submitted by: John Mason, Glasgow Shettleston, Independent.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-14503

That the Parliament notes what it sees as the importance of some public inquiries in addressing significant issues of public concern, as evidenced by the recent Grenfell Tower Inquiry; further notes, however, the reported expenditure of nearly £200 million on Scotland's current public inquiries, as well as some £13 million on the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry, which lasted around nine years; considers that such inquiries should be thorough, but should also be cost-effective and take place within a reasonable timeframe so that resources are not diverted away from frontline services, and further considers that a review of the processes governing public inquiries in Scotland should take place, and that consideration should be given to having a fixed timescale and a fixed budget for each public inquiry.


Supported by: Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd