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Although it deals with a large amount of technical detail, it transfers a number of functions, including legislative powers, to the Scottish Ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 October 2009
However, we are aware that one patient from NHS Ayrshire and Arran was transferred for treatment in 2007-08, and this month, one patient from NHS Lanarkshire and one from NHS Dumfries and Galloway were transferred.
Those four points are taken from a paper that Ted Milburn—a former lecturer of mine, who became a professor of community education—delivered some 26 years ago.What Ted Milburn said more than a quarter of a century ago is more than relevant today.
Other one-off expenditurehas also been excluded.6. Transfers between portfolioshave where possible been made for all years on the basis of the 2007-08 positionfor comparability.7.
However, there is a need for a more widespread understanding of what powers are intended to be transferred. We could ask any number of people, but a substantial number are not aware of what powers were transferred to the Parliament in 2012, never mind what is proposed by Smith.