Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the past year, SPICe has received enquiries from Members on behalf of constituents concerned over the environmental impact of palm oil, including “what can
Category: Parliament & Government
Brexit – Seeking amendments to the backstop
Reading Time: 4 minutes On 15 January 2019, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to reject the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration in the so-called meaningful vote (discussed in
Brexit – after the meaningful vote
Reading Time: 4 minutes On 15 January 2019, the long awaited “meaningful vote” on the proposed Withdrawal Agreement managing the UK’s departure from the EU and the Political Declaration
Twenty SPICe Spotlight blogs for 20 years of the Scottish Parliament
Reading Time: < 1 minute On 4 January 2019, the Parliament announced a year-long programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament. The programme will include
Scottish Youth Parliament
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the Year of Young People draws to a close, this blog explores the role and work of the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) and highlights
Brexit: European Court of Justice ruling on the Article 50 process
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Wightman case was brought by a cross-party group of Scottish politicians, backed by the Good Law Project. The petitioners wished to get legal certainty
How is Scottish law being prepared for Brexit?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lots of current laws in Scotland come from the EU and will not operate properly after Brexit. To reduce uncertainty changes have to be made
Fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes SPICe regularly receives enquiries on fireworks around this time of year. This blog pulls together information from different sources on the topic. It also looks
Guest blog – Withdrawal from the EU – Key audit issues for the Scottish public sector
Reading Time: 2 minutes On 11 October 2018, Audit Scotland published a paper highlighting the key issues that they think EU withdrawal presents for the public sector. In this
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit – public procurement
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 23 August 2018, the UK Government began publishing technical notes on the effect of a no-deal Brexit. These notes are intended to provide guidance to