Paul F Scott

Updates to the National Security and Investment Act 20221 - Notifiable Acquisition Regulations questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Water takeovers to be referred to UK government for national security screening [FREE TO READ] Commercially available AI systems will be taken off the mandatory investment screening list in drive to cut red tape

Details of changes to the NSIA notifiable acquisition regs being announced today: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The Afghanistan Inquiry has published the Pughsley Report on Operation Northmoor: iiaweb-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.-AP-FINAL-...

Report on the Roles and Functions of the Scottish Law Officers: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

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And this summary: iiaweb-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2.-AP-Exec-S...

The Afghanistan Inquiry has published the Pughsley Report on Operation Northmoor: iiaweb-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.-AP-FINAL-...

Ministers order overhaul of Whitehall standards regime to tighten appointment and vetting process New measures to strengthen appointment and vetting processes.

'... the Govt will review the National Security Vetting system, including lessons learned from Peter Mandelson’s developed vetting. The Govt has already confirmed that, in future, diplomatic appointments will not be announced until security vetting has been completed.' www.gov.uk/government/n...

Report on the Roles and Functions of the Scottish Law Officers: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

Permission was refused today in the JR of decisions relating to the Chagos Islands: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...

Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.

'The Bill is the first step in wider reform to the House of Lords...' www.gov.uk/government/n... Believe it when I see it.

Permission was refused today in the JR of decisions relating to the Chagos Islands: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...

The GFT website is sufficiently bad that somebody built an alternative website that is actually usable: www.simplecinemalistings.com

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

Terms of Reference for the Patrick Finucane Inquiry: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s Cloud Technologies Report questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat... Informative.

Rob Mullins: “Biological Sex”, Social Segregation, and the Freedom to Reassign Sex Following the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (“FWS”), there has been much public debate about the lawfulness of policies adopte…

Rob Mullins: “Biological Sex”, Social Segregation, and the Freedom to Reassign Sex ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/03/09/r...

Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

'we plan to bring forward secondary legislation to introduce new sanctions end-use controls. These... would require exporters to apply for a licence for specific exports identified to be at a high risk of diversion to a sanctioned destination.' questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

The 1989 Act survives.

Four arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service The men were arrested on Friday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

More work being done by the s 3 offence: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘We never imagined this’: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike Evacuations near RAF base have reignited debate as Cypriots question the risks of hosting western military sites

'A landscape dotted by rugged fields and antennas – the most visible sign of the facility’s use as a listening post and spy station – surrounds the base’s barbed-wire perimeter.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Partner of sitting Labour MP among three arrested on suspicion of spying for China Exclusive: Trio arrested by counter-terrorism police understood to also include the partner of a former Labour MP

'The partner of a sitting Labour MP is among three people who have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Guardian understands.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...

From a couple of weeks ago, the Scottish Govt's response to the final report of the independent review of ADP: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review over Russian links Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders’ links to Kremlin military supply chain

'In a subsequent evidence session with Byrne’s business select committee on Wednesday, Bryant said the government was planning to strengthen export licensing laws to improve controls on goods being diverted to Russia.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Did Britain need to strike the Chagos deal? Viewed by some as a strategic necessity, the agreement has been complicated by shifting US priorities and political fragmentation at home

'Its runways played a key role in the 2003 Iraq invasion, and in subsequent strikes on Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Iraq. But its full operations cannot be revealed.' giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Ex-premier and two others guilty in Turks and Caicos landmark corruption trial Former Turks and Caicos premier and two others convicted in landmark corruption case. The court found they accepted tens of millions of dollars in illicit benefits — including multimillion-dollar loan...

From a few weeks ago, the former Premier of the TCI was convicted in relation to events that were the subject of the Auld Commission of Inquiry, which, er, was a while ago: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Ex-premier and two others guilty in Turks and Caicos landmark corruption trial Former Turks and Caicos premier and two others convicted in landmark corruption case. The court found they accepted tens of millions of dollars in illicit benefits — including multimillion-dollar loan...

From a few weeks ago, the former Premier of the TCI was convicted in relation to events that were the subject of the Auld Commission of Inquiry, which, er, was a while ago: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR395/r...

Latest update from the ISC on the Mandelson affair: isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

Weronika Galka: Secret proceedings, (mal)administration, and the courts: RA and AA v SSFCDA, MZZ v SSD and SSHD and In the Matter of the SSD [2026] EWCA Civ 3 In early January 2026, the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ, Elisabeth Laing LJ, and Jeremy Baker LJ) handed down the decision in R (RR and AA) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and …

Weronika Galka: Secret proceedings, (mal)administration, and the courts: RA and AA v SSFCDA, MZZ v SSD and SSHD and In the Matter of the SSD [2026] EWCA Civ 3 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/26/w...