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5 reserved powers are…

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  1. defence
  2. money (British Pound)
  3. time (as in clock)
  4. safety (eg. speed limits)
  5. employment
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5 devolved powers are…

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  1. police service
  2. health (NHS)
  3. transport
  4. justice
  5. education
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129 MSPs

73 each representing a separate constituency (Aberdeenshire West is ours)

Our constituency MSP is Dennis Robertson (SNP)

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56 representing regions, 7 per one of the 8 regions (our region is Grampian)

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MSP Parliamentary work involves…

Debating

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A chance for MSPs to exxpress the views of their constituency

Example:

if there are plans to reduce number of NHS nurses this could directly affect consituencies with hospitals eg. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

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MSP Parliamentary work involves…

Voting

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Voting on new laws and bills

Example:

voting on lowering voting age to 16

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MSP Parliamentary work involves…

Committees

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There are specific committees for differnet things. An MSP can become a member of a committee to target a specific issue.

Example:

Dennis Robertson is a member of the committee which covers oil and gas as it is a big source of work for constituents in Aberdeenshire West.

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MSP Parliamentary work involves…

General Question Time

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MSPs get to question the government directly. At First Minister’s Question Time (FMQT) an MSP could challenge the first minister about government decisions too.

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MSP Parliamentary work involves…

Member’s Bills

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MSPs can submit their own bills.

Example:

Margo MacDonald submitted her own Assisted Suicide Bill but it did not get passed.

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MSP Constituency work involves…

Surgeries

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An MSP can arrange a time a time and place for constituents to come in and express the concerns and ideas.

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MSP Constituency work involves…

Attending Meetings

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They will attend meetings with local businesses and charities to address their concerns.

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MSP Constituency work involves…

Local Media

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They will appear in local media to maintain recognised and a good profile in their region or constituency. They could also bring issues into awareness with media.

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MSP Constituency work involves…

Visits and social events

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To maintain a good profile they will also attend lots of local events like shows and fairs.

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MSP Constituency work involves…

Constituents letters and emails

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They will spend a lot of time answering and replying concerns of constituents sent to them. It is increasingly common they will do this via social media too.

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There are how many committees?

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15

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How many council areas are there in Scotland?

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32

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Councils look after our area. They use our council tax to pay for many good things such as:

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  • Schools
  • Pools
  • Libraries
  • Transport
  • Road maintenance
  • Social care
  • Waste collection
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Councils are split into areas called…

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wards

18
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Our

Council is…

Ward is…

Councillors are…

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Aberdeenshire Council

Upper Deeside and Donside

  1. Peter Argyle (Lib Dem)
  2. Geva Blackett (SNP)
  3. Catriona Farquhar (Conservative)
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Councills are just like mini governments.

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They hold surgeries.

They have their own committees just like government committees only Councillors attend isntead of MPs and MSPs.

20
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Election Turnouts

Scottish turnout in UK elections…

Scottish elections…

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1999 - 58%, 2011 - 50%

1997 - 73%, 2010 - 64%

21
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5 reasons people don’t take part in democracy / voting:

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  1. Voter apathy
  2. Age, don’t connect with political parites who are generally older
  3. voting doens’t count for much, you only do it every 4-5 years
  4. lack of understanding, not very well educated in democracy
  5. not feeling well represented by the political parties
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Apathy due to disillusionment

People may not vote because they don’t feel the parties stick to their word.

2 examples of when parties have disillusioned voters are:

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2009 MPs expense scandals

2010 Lib Dems promised to oppose student fee rise but ended up supporting it having won the votes of the majority of 18-24 YOs

23
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Age is a particular problem in voter apathy.

Voter age turnouts in 2010:

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18-25 YOs - 44%

65+ - 76%

24
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Many women feel alienated to politics due to it’s dominantly male environment.

In general elections between 1992 and 2010 female voters fell by…

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18%

1992 - 78%, 2010 - 64%

25
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Scottish Parliament was set up to encourage female participation.

A few ways it does this are by…

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  • following normal 9-5 working hours
  • following school holidays
  • more constituency time
  • creches at parliament

All these are designed to make family life easier to balance with work.

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The Scottish Parliaments family friendly design does work.

After the 2011 Scottish election there were…

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35% women MSPs compared to 22% women MPs

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