What is the Consultative Steering Group (CSG) report?
In November 1997, the Secretary of State for Scotland set up the Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament (CSG), which met for the first time in January 1998. The CSG was chaired by Henry McLeish, the Scottish Office Minister for Devolution, and was composed of representatives of the main political parties in Scotland and of other civic groups and interests. The remit of the CSG was to report on the operational needs and working methods of the Parliament and to make proposals for its Standing Orders and rules of procedure. Its main report, Shaping Scotlands Parliament, was published in January 1999.
