Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39235 by Angela Constance on 30 July 2025, whether Malcolm McMillan has concluded his consideration of the conclusions of the peer review; if so, when; if not, and in light of it being six months later, what efforts it has made to assist him in his consideration; what its position is on whether there is "any further action needed"; when the paper will finally be published, and for what reason its expectation that it would be published "no later than the end of [2025]" was not met.
Consideration of the peer review undertaken on the research paper from Malcolm McMillan on the roles and functions of the Scottish Law Officers has taken slightly longer than anticipated and is now concluded. The paper has been updated accordingly and has now reached proposed final version, any further action is currently under active ministerial consideration.