Policy Making

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the lobbying of MPs ahead of the proposed Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which reduced of the age of consent for men who have sex with men from 21 to 18.Copies of letters sent by Edinburgh Gay Switchboard to Members of Parliament (MPs) and replies from MPs providing their thoughts on the Act, including confirmation on which way they intended to voted, are included.Contact lists for MPs, Councillors, and the media are included as...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the constitutive work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Through his constitutive work MacCormick contributed to SNP, UK, European Parliament and Common Fisheries Policy formulation and reform. SNP Policy Formulation UK Policy Formulation European Parliament Policy Formulation ...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the policy-shaping work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Policy-shaping work was carried out through debates on questions of importance, through urgent debates on human-rights and through responses to communications from the Commission and European Council or Committees of Inquiry and Special Committees. Reports for...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the rights-implementation work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Rights implementation work involved a combination of debates on general problems and taking up individual cases or issues with the appropriate authorities.The following series are represented within this sub-fonds: Reports for Legal Affairs...