Danielle was not surprised that some in the panel felt that the Scottish Parliament not good at listening to the views of public before taking decisions as this is the case found across other surveys and contexts. What contributes to lack of trust? The media currently focus on aggression and adversarial nature of Parliamentary business with less focus on being creative and understanding challenges and find solutions. How to improve build trust: Parliament must be better at telling stories about impact of engagement when people do take part including– giving evidence to committees, sign petitions, focus group participation etc. – Parliaments must improve on this
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