Indeed there is a danger that failure to ensure the devolved context is considered in this legislation will lead to duplication of effort rather than added value as should be the aim of such a new body, such as we have seen with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) which is another organisation that has too often operated without regard to the Scottish context
Over the past six months, the Scottish Government has held regular discussions with the UK Government on the ARIA Bill, first of all to fully understand the UK Government’s policy approach to the Bill, and secondly to press for involvement of the DAs...