HC Deb 16 February 2000 vol 344 cc561-2W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in relation to the Memorandum of Understanding published in October 1999, he will list the bilateral concordats between the Scottish Executive and UK Government Departments; and if he will make a statement. [109227]

Dr. Reid

The following bilateral concordats between UK Government Departments and the Scottish Executive have been published:

  1. 1. Cabinet Office
  2. 2. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
  3. 3. Department for Education and Employment
  4. 4. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (main concordat)
    1. (a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (subject specific concordat on Fisheries)
    2. (b) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (subject specific concordat on State Veterinary Services and Animal Disease Compensation)
  5. 5. Office for National Statistics/General Register Office for Scotland
  6. 6. Department of Trade and Industry
  7. 7. HM Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry (subject to specific concordat on public procurement and related international obligations)
  8. 8. Health and Safety Executive
  9. 9. Department of Culture, Media and Sport
  10. 10. Ministry of Defence
  11. 11. Lord Chancellor's Department
  12. 12. European Structural Funds
  13. 13. HM Treasury
  14. 14. Department of Health
  15. 15. Home Office
  16. 16. Department of Social Security.

The bilateral concordats are administrative, not legally binding, agreements between UK Government Departments and the Scottish Executive, setting out their working relationships.