Reading Time: 20 minutes This timeline provides information on Scotland’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and includes all major developments.
Category: Parliament & Government
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – hub for SPICe material
Reading Time: 3 minutes A hub for all SPICe material on coronavirus (COVID-19).
Coronavirus (COVID-19): what could the impact be on the ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament scheduled for May 2021?
Reading Time: 11 minutes This blog looks at the impact COVID-19 may have on the Scottish Parliament election scheduled for May 2021.
Common frameworks: Progress report
Reading Time: 4 minutes A look at the UK Government’s seventh statutory report on the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and Common Frameworks.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): An update on the law as Scotland moves to phase 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog looks at the changes set out by the First Minister on 18 June 2020 as Scotland moves to phase 2 after lockdown.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): the lowdown on the laws of lockdown and the move to phase 1
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog looks at the legislation and guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic and the differences between them.
Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill: what’s to see ahead of stage 3
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog looks at the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill ahead of stage 3.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): How parliaments are working during the pandemic
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog provides a summary of an Oireachtas Library and Research service briefing on how parliaments are working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill – Stage 3 Briefing
Reading Time: 30 minutes This extended blogpost considers the amendments lodged to the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill at Stage 2, to inform Stage 3 consideration by the Parliament.
EU-UK negotiations – seconds out, round 3!
Reading Time: 4 minutes The third round of future relationship negotiations between the EU and the UK government took place last week. This blog looks at what happened and what might happen next?