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  • About SPICe Spotlight guest posts

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    The aim of SPICe Spotlight is to provide timely, need to know information and analysis on the issues facing the Parliament. Most of the blog…

  • Guest blog – A Continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament?

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    As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, and not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish…

  • What do the latest statistics on economic growth tell us?

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    On 17 January 2018 the Scottish Government published Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Quarter 3 2017. SPICe has published an infographic analysing these figures available…

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    What is Legislative Consent?

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    The introduction of the EU Withdrawal Bill in the UK Parliament and the indication by the UK Government (in the Explanatory Notes to the Bill)…

  • Welcome to SPICe Spotlight

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    Hello and welcome to SPICe Spotlight, the new blog from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. SPICe provides impartial and authoritative research and information services to…

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    SPICe FAQ – Electric car charging

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    This is the first Enquiries FAQ post. FAQ posts will focus on issues that we receive regular enquiries on. A recent enquiry forwarded from a…

  • Budget 2018-19 – where now?

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    As we enter a new year, Parliament’s attention turns to the setting of the Budget for financial year 2018-19. Initial spending and tax proposals were…

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