Reading Time: < 1 minuteSPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 1 (January to March) of 2024. You can find previous updates on our intergovernmental
Tag: Constitution
Annual report from the Office for the Internal Market 2023-24
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn 20 March 2024, the Office for the Internal Market (‘OIM’) published its second annual report on the operation of the internal market for 2023-24.
What’s in the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog provides a brief overview of the context to the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill and the proposed changes to electoral law set out in the Bill.
Reporting on the use of powers under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 gave UK and Scottish Ministers extensive powers to change the body of domestic law known as
Defence and foreign policy in an independent Scotland – the Scottish Government’s proposals for Scotland’s place in the world
Reading Time: 8 minutesOn 4 March 2024, the Scottish Government published the latest policy paper in its Building a New Scotland series which in the Scottish Government’s words “together form a prospectus for an independent Scotland”. To inform a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 5 March 2024, this blog outlines some of the key issues covered in Scotland’s Place in the World
Two years into the reform of intergovernmental arrangements – has the new approach been implemented?
Reading Time: 8 minutesBackground Following a review of intergovernmental relations, the UK Government and devolved governments agreed to reform existing arrangements in January 2022. Read a previous SPICe
Intergovernmental activity update: Quarter 4 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 4 (October to December) of 2023. You can find previous updates on our
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales’s final report
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales (‘the Commission’) published its final report on 17 January 2024. This blog summarises recommendations made by
What retained EU law will be revoked by the end of 2023 – December update
Reading Time: 5 minutesBackground The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act (‘the Act’) received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. Previous SPICe blogs explain what retained EU
Scottish Government proposal for an independent Scotland in the EU
Reading Time: 9 minutesOn 17 November 2023, the Scottish Government published the latest policy paper in its Building a New Scotland series. The paper focused on an independent Scotland in the EU. This blog examines some of the key issues covered in the Scottish Government’s paper.