The Finance and Constitution Committee Report on Common Frameworks set out the reasons why it believes parliamentary scrutiny is considered to be essential to developing effective common frameworks:
it enables Parliament to fulfil their scrutiny role in holding government to account for their actions
it enables Parliament to judge between potentially competing interpretations of intergovernmental discussions
Parliament can provide a mechanism by which wider sectoral and stakeholder engagement can be delivered
Parliament can ensure that in making final decisions, the different vested interests are properly balanced.4Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee. (2019, March...