The Scottish parliament isn’t working. I am proposing how to fix it

Everyone seems to agree that, after 25 years, Holyrood isn’t working as well as it should. It hasn’t lived up to the high hopes of its founders, leaving behind the confrontational nature of Westminster politics. Instead, we see excessive politicisation in both committees and the chamber, insufficient resources and a dearth of expertise.

The executive branch of government has too much power over the legislature. The Scottish parliament has been shown too often to be weak in its ability to scrutinise ministers and hold them to account. There have been too many bad laws passed.

The Offensive Behaviour at Football Act was so flawed that, following criticism by the judiciary, it had to be repealed. Both the named-person policy and the gender reform bill