Scope and Contents These papers represent the Communications work carried out by Neil MacCormick during his time as MEP. Parliament has it' own communications systems and press services as do each of the political groups but MEPs additionally carry out much of their own publicity. Neil MacCormick did so via direct publicity and through his party offices using press releases, electronic media, television and radio. He also delivered seminars and lectures on relevant topics.The following series are...

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 work carried out by Neil MacCormick on the Convention on the Future of Europe during his time in office as an MEP. The European Convention was a body established in December 2001 by the European Council as a result of the Laeken Declaration. The purpose of the Convention was to produce a draft constitution for the European Union for the Council to finalise and adopt. The Convention completed its work in July 2003 with their Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the legislative and legislative-consultative work carried out by Professor Sir D Neil MacCormick during his exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Legislative work represents those domains in which Parliament exercises powers of co-decision with the Council of Ministers and legislative-consultative the extent to which Parliament has rights to be consulted about, or to give or withhold consent to rule-making decisions of the Council. Much of the documentation within this...

Scope and Contents These files relate to cases concerning parliamentary immunity, and requests for waiver of that immunity, that came before the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Single Market. Over the 5 years of Neil MacCormick's mandate he was one of the pool of Rapporteurs that dealt with these issues.Parliamentary immunity, or legislative immunity, is a system in which members of the parliament or legislature are granted partial immunity from prosecution. Before prosecuting it is necessary...

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Series of parliamentary questions and answers tabled by Sir Neil MacCormick during his time in office as MEP, 1999-2004. Also related correspondence and procedural documents.

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...

Scope and Contents These papers represent the self-managerial tasks carried out during Neil MacCormick's exercise of office as MEP, 1999-2004. Parliament has important functions of self management in relation to making and applying its own rules of procedure. Many other important self-managerial tasks are carried out through elected representatives in the Parliament's bureaus, in the Conference of Presidents of Political Groups, in the Conference of Committee Presidents, and in the College of Quaestors, but...