Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog takes a look at the data supplied by the Scottish Government to support the budget.
Category: Parliament & Government
Explainer: How will the Scottish Parliament nominate and select a new First Minister?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis short blog explains the parliamentary process for nominating and selecting a new First Minister when a First Minister resigns.
Explainer: Scotland Act 1998 Section 35
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog gives a brief overview of Section 35 of the Scotland Act.
Review of Scottish Parliament constituencies
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe blog considers the Boundaries Scotland review of Scottish Parliament constituencies.
Recommending a more participatory future – the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee’s Public Participation Inquiry
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks at some of the recommendations made by the recent Citizens Panel on Public Participation, and examples which might give an idea of how enacting those recommendations in the Scottish Parliament could look.
What’s happening with common frameworks? Views from the House of Lords and Scottish Parliament
Reading Time: 7 minutesOver almost two years, the House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee has been conducting an inquiry into common frameworks. The Committee published its first
Scottish Budget 2023-24: Pulling the income tax lever
Reading Time: 10 minutesAn initial analysis of the 2023-24 Scottish Budget
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.
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.
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.