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Month: April 2018

Cycling – What works?

April 26, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes Increasing the proportion of everyday journeys made by bike is a policy aim of the Scottish Government. The First Minister announced in a statement to

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Implementation of Land Reform Measures

April 26, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes Prior to devolution, Government policy on land reform was widely considered to be conspicuous by its absence. Therefore, the development of land reform as a

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Economic impact assessment: smoke and mirrors?

April 25, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes Economic impact assessments generally show how organisations, events, sectors, or publically funded policies and projects have contributed to the economy at either a local, regional

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Scotland’s population statistics for 2017 – a sign of things to come?

April 24, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 5 minutes On 19 April, National Records of Scotland published the annual population statistics up to the end of June 2017. The top line from the statistics

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Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework

April 16, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those

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Minimum pricing for alcohol – a frequently asked question

April 16, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tomorrow the Health and Sport Committee is due to consider the secondary legislation which will bring minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol into effect. This

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SPICe FAQ – MP or MSP? Taking on constituent casework.

April 5, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 3 minutes We are often asked whether both an MSP and an MP can get involved in the same case on behalf of a constituent. There aren’t

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What do the latest statistics on economic growth tell us? (Q4 2017)

April 4, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest figures on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Scotland, for 4th quarter 2017, were published today by the Scottish Government. They show that the

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The Fairer Scotland Duty

April 3, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes When the First Minister set out the priorities for the next five years of government, she said that the Scottish Government would commence the socio-economic

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What do we know about autism in women and girls?

April 2, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 3 minutes At the end of World Autism Awareness Week, today (2 April) marks Autism Awareness Day. Stories about women and girls with ASD have been highlighted

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