For those who wonder about the apparent lack of urgency in introducing legislation to publicise those records, I recommend Andy Wightman’s Iatest explanatory tome, which is entitled “The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland (And How They Got It)”.As the keeper of the records rightly states: “freedom of information ... crucially depends on the quality of records.”Although the bill is largely technical, and concentrates on issues such as records management and transferring...