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I am not particularly worried about future national strategic planning, as Parliament will express its views. However developments are set by the Executive, Parliament will be able to express its will in some way.
We did a similar exercise on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which is a tremendous piece of legislation and a credit to Westminster and the Scottish Parliament.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered any successor arrangements in respect of the Scottish Credit Union Partnership. We have no plans for any successor arrangements for the Scottish Credit Union Partnership.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are members of a credit union. The Financial Services Authority has indicated that in 2001 there were approximately 143,000 members of Scottish credit unions.
When we come to later parts of the briefing, I plan to let the committee know who has a view to express, although I will not necessarily express that view for those people.
The central issue in the section is addressed in paragraph 26 of our legal brief, which makes a comparison with the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.