Parliamentary Counsel Office (Scottish Government)

The Scottish Government's Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) is a directorate of the Scottish Government. It currently sits within the Scottish Government Finance Directorates.

Before 12 January 2015, PCO was known as the Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel.

PCO drafts Scottish Parliament Bills for the legislative programme of the Scottish Ministers.^[1]

References

↑ McCluskie QC, John Cameron, "Who Wrote This Bill? The Life and Work of Scottish Parliamentary Counsel", Scottish Parliamentary Review, Vol. I, No. 2 (Jan, 2014) [Edinburgh: Blacket Avenue Press]

Directorates of the Scottish Government

Economy Finance Communities Health and Social Care Learning and Justice Strategy and External Affairs

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