Supported by: Anas Sarwar*, Iain Gray*, Pauline McNeill*, Elaine Smith*, Alex Cole-Hamilton* *S5M-09890 Tavish Scott: "Get It Minuted" Campaign That the Parliament calls on the — Scottish Government to embrace the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland s (CFoIS) ’ "Get it Minuted" campaign, which aims to improve transparency and accountability in all aspects of government; notes that Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 70th anniversary of which is marked in 2018, sets out the "right to access information"; notes the findings of the CFoIS' recent report on how recording discussions and decisions at meetings needs to be improved to ensure the public's right to know remains robust under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002; recalls that similar concerns led to the Parliament unanimously agreeing on 21 June 2017 to condemn the Scottish Government's poor performance in responding Tuesday 16 January 2018 18 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan to freedom of information requests and call for both an independent inquiry into the way that it deals with these and for post-legislative scrutiny of the 2002 Act; considers that concerns about ministers undertaking high-profile meetings without minutes being taken persist, such as those in relation to the discussion between the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority regarding the Chief Constable's leave, and believes that the initiatives endorsed by Parliament must help end the culture of evasiveness and promote open and accountable government.