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chapter ten: legal and parliamentary services
Background
10.1 The central purpose of the Scottish Executive's Legal and Parliamentary Services ( LPS) Department is to support Ministers, and in particular the law officers and Ministers for Parliamentary Business, across the range of their legal and parliamentary responsibilities.
Key functions
10.2 The key functions of LPS include:
- the preparation of primary and subordinate legislation;
- the provision of legal advice and services to Ministers and Departments; and
- overall management of the Executive's legislative programme, and coordination of that programme with the UK Government's legislation.
Role in relation to disability equality
10.3 Most of the Department's work, therefore, consists of the provision of legal services with advice to Ministers and the Executive on legal and constitutional issues, managing the legislative programme and managing the freedom of information regime. Although this will sometimes impact directly on equality issues, and this will require ongoing sensitivity and awareness, responsibility for action generally lies with line Departments. In all of these responsibilities we will work to support Departments to meet their legal and voluntary obligations in terms of equality."
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