Reading Time: 4 minutesRelevant, credible, and independent research is essential for good scrutiny and debate. Within the Scottish Parliament, research is used for many purposes including committee work,
Category: Parliament & Government
What’s in the Programme for Government?
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Tuesday 4 September 2018, the First Minister set out the Programme for Government for the 12 months from September 2018 to August 2019, Delivering
Legislating for withdrawal from the European Union – where are we now?
Reading Time: 6 minutesPreparing the statute book for leaving the European Union Both the UK and Scottish Governments have passed legislation ahead of the UK’s departure from the
The New Climate Change Bill – A World Leading Ambition?
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week (23rd May) the Scottish Government brought forward a Bill to keep Scotland at the “forefront of global ambition” on climate change. So, what
Economic impact assessment: smoke and mirrors?
Reading Time: 4 minutesEconomic impact assessments generally show how organisations, events, sectors, or publically funded policies and projects have contributed to the economy at either a local, regional
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
SPICe FAQ – MP or MSP? Taking on constituent casework.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are often asked whether both an MSP and an MP can get involved in the same case on behalf of a constituent. There aren’t
Electoral Reform
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the 2016 joint interim report on electoral law produced by the Law Commissions in the UK showed, the legislation governing elections is extremely complicated and
Scottish Lobbying Register goes live on Monday 12 March
Reading Time: 3 minutesLobbying has a long and controversial history. For some, lobbying is synonymous with corruption, impropriety and an imbalance of power between big business interests and
SPICe FAQ – MSPs and FOI
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are regularly asked if Members of The Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and their staff can be required to release information under Freedom of Information (FOI)