Constitutional Law

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 1:19 pm on 15 January 2013.

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Photo of Margaret Curran Margaret Curran Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland 1:19, 15 January 2013

I thank my hon. Friend for that point. As a number of hon. Members present know, I served in the Scottish Parliament for 12 years. I was part of many of the exciting developments and changes it inaugurated, but it is with deep disappointment that I now see a Parliament that does not seem to have the proper opportunity to scrutinise the Executive who are part of that arrangement and who also seem to be significantly failing the Scottish people. Although I see constitutional change as a means to an end, I have never seen it as an end in itself. It would serve the Scottish people well if the Scottish Government focused on the work of serving the Scottish people and their interests, rather than just for ever furthering the goal of constitutional change.