Reading Time: 5 minutes This 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.
Category: Parliament & Government
UK Supreme Court: Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues
Reading Time: 9 minutes A look at the judgment on the Supreme Court reference and its implications for the Scottish Government’s plans for a second independence referendum.
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the Scottish Government’s legislative consent memorandum on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
Turning the lens inwards – the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee’s Public Participation Inquiry
Reading Time: 5 minutes The first of three blogs exploring the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee’s inquiry into public participation, with an overview of the evidence heard so far.
Fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog gives an update on new fireworks legislation, the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (Scotland) Act 2022.
The UK Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill – overview and Part 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog explains the significance of Part 1 of the UK Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill and considers how it may affect Scotland.
Programme for Government 2022-23 – a focused response to the “cost crisis”
Reading Time: 14 minutes This post provides a summary and initial analysis of the 2022-23 Programme for Government.
What is ethical commissioning and why does it matter?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog explores ethical commissioning as part of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
The National Care Service will be here soon…or will it?
Reading Time: 9 minutes This extended blog will have a brief look inside the National Care Service Bill, now it’s arrived and consider what’s in it, and, perhaps more interestingly, what is not.
Retained EU law: what’s it all about?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This is a joint guest blog with Professor Tobias Lock. Professor Lock is Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at Maynooth University and is also an