Resources
Scottish Parliament – find out what’s happening in the Scottish Parliament. A comprehensive resource, with access to the ‘Official Report’ of proceedings and parliamentary Bills.
Scottish Executive- access to press releases, reports and policy documents from the governing body in Scotland – the ‘Scottish Executive’.
Private rented housing – Scottish Executive website for private sector tenants & landlords; useful information and advice.
Glasgow City Council - website of Scotland’s largest local authority; find out what’s going on in Glasgow.
UK Statute Law Database – access any UK primary legislation as amended & up-to-date; a fantastic free legal resource for the public (introduced on 20 December 2006).
HMSO (Scots law legislation only) – full text of Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish SIs and the
Scotland Act 1998.
HMSO (UK legislation generally) – full text of Acts of the UK ‘Westminster’ Parliament and Statutory Instruments.
Scottish Courts Service (Scottish case law) - full text of many judgments of the Court of Session since 1998; and
judgments of the Sheriff Court where a point of public importance or interest arises.
The Courts Service (English case law) – the judgments of the Court of Appeal and many English courts; also decisions of the Social Security Commissioners and various UK tribunals.
House of Lords – judgments from the House of Lords since 14 November 1996.
Employment Appeal Tribunal – judgments of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Social Security Commissioners - commissioners’ decisions by subject category.
House of Commons (Hansard) – the official reporting service for the first chamber of the UK Parliament, including Commons debates from 1988.
House of Lords (Hansard) – the offical reporting service for the socnd chamber of the UK Parliament.
European Parliament – in the words of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, representing ‘the peoples of the States brought together in the European Community‘.
European Parliament (UK office) – the UK information office of the European Parliament on-line.
European Commission – the European Union’s ‘Executive body and guardian of the treaties‘.
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations – Scottish housing news, and the on-line RSL magazine, Federation Focus.