Reading Time: 4 minutesA summary of the findings (and limitations) of the Scottish Health Survey 2021 relating to gambling harms.
Author: SPICe
Guest blog: Does the Scottish Budget enable human rights?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe way that governments raise, allocate and spend money affects how people can realise their human rights in practice. With new human rights legislation on the horizon, this guest blog looks at how the Scottish budget might be analysed through a human rights lens.
Guest Blog: Mapping alignment with EU Law
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis guest blog by Lisa Claire Whitten summarises her research for the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee mapping alignment with EU law since the UK’s departure from the EU.
Gambling harms: a public health challenge for Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn introduction to gambling harms and public health in Scotland.
Winter has come: what to look out for in this week’s Scottish budget
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks ahead to Thursday’s Scottish budget for 2023-24.
Will the UK Government recognise Scottish Gender Recognition Certificates?
Reading Time: 6 minutesConsiders whether the UK Government will recognise Scottish gender recognition, and what the process for that is
The Scottish Parliament Proxy Voting Pilot
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee are due to hold a debate in the Chamber on Proxy Voting on 6 December 2022.
Dampness in Scottish social housing
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the issue of dampness in social housing in Scotland.
The continuing challenge of scrutinising alignment with EU law
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog focuses on the importance of tracking EU law to inform scrutiny of alignment decisions, along with the Scottish Government’s latest draft annual report on its use of the “keeping pace” power in the Continuity Act.
Guest blog: What can we learn from the COVID-19 response in supporting migrant and minority ethnic populations?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis guest blog summarises the findings from an expert review for the Scottish Government Coronavirus (COVID-19) Learning and Evaluation Oversight Group. The study was led