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The home of Office of the Advocate General for Scotland on GOV.UK. The Office of the Advocate General (OAG) is the UK government’s Scottish legal team. We provide legal advice, drafting and litigation services to the UK gove…
Recruitment for the posts of Standing Junior Counsel and Second Standing Junior to the Advocate General for Scotland
Numbers of departmental identity cards or security passes issued to non-departmental staff.
How many items (from a list) have been lost or stolen in the last 3 years
Advocate General for Scotland The Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, who advise the government on Scots law. Responsibilities include: Oversight of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 rela…
What is the amount your organisation pays to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and its subsidiaries?
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Address at the Annual Conference of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, 3 December 2021
The Advocate General welcomed the Attorney General to Queen Elizabeth House on 16 March
The Office of the Advocate General (OAG) is the UK government's Scottish legal team. We provide legal advice, drafting and litigation services to the UK government in relation to Scotland. We also support the A…
Activity undertaken by OAG relating to Digital Certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
The Advocate General's statement to the House of Lords following the publication of the Smith Commission report.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Rule of Law, free speech and artificial intelligence were all on the agenda as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate General for Scotland addressed the Wor…
OAG spending over £25,000 for May 2024
The Law Officers and Advocate General for Scotland were called to the Bar of Northern Ireland, while visiting a restorative justice charity during a two-day visit to Belfast.
An independent Scotland would be regarded as a completely separate state under international law while the continuing UK would retain responsibility for all UK institutions, laws and treaties, according to an expert legal o…
This series brings together all documents relating to business expenses and hospitality for senior officials.
How many people have been recruited in OAG as contingent workers since 2010/11
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