C-19 Inquiry 180124 Module 2A Day 3.ecl

25 with the strategy that was -- the overall strategy that 11 12 (3) Pages 9 - 12 UK Covid-19 Inquiry 18 January 2024 1 was adopted by the Scottish Government in the pandemic; 1 perhaps, three things: first of all, do you need to 2 would that be fair? 2 assess the quality of the policy which aims to provide 3 A. [...] And you've looked at the quality of the decisions? 20 order to meet the aim of the policy? 20 A. [...] You set out in paragraph 10 there on the screen 14 after the 1998 Act had been administratively devolved 14 some of the key characteristics of this Scottish policy 15 within the Westminster government to the 15 style, which was put forward as characterising the 16 Secretary of State for Scotland; is that right? 16 Scottish Government's approach to matters in the period 17 A. [...] Thank you, and the final one is delivering services 4 a matter of speaking to stakeholders but actually 4 well, so the operational side of the delivery of the 5 involving them in the creation of policy? 5 policy? 6 A. [...] Well, the -- one of the principles of the 19 ancillary purposes associated with that, you know, to do 20 Scottish Parliament was to be this idea of power sharing 20 with health, education and suchlike, and the idea was 21 between Parliament and government, but I think that was 21 that instead of individual ministers or departments 22 never really fully defined, and essentially it was the 22 being.