It further considers that the Parliament as an institution should take a much stronger, more proactive role in recommending a committee structure which is best placed to deliver the most effective scrutiny across all policy areas, as opposed to necessarily mirroring the portfolios of Cabinet Secretaries;
To enable the necessary time and effort to be committed to effective scrutiny, the Committee believes that individual membership should be limited (ideally) to one and certainly no more than two parliamentary committees at any one time;
Finally and importantly, given the increasing breadth and volume of policy issues the Parliament will inevitably be confronted with during Session 6, the Committee considers it imperative that clerking, SPICe and other support for committees is appropriately resourced to enable the Parliament to undertake effectively its core function of scrutinising the Scottish Government.