Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog talks about prevention as a method of delivery of public services. It also introduces some of the challenges with implementing prevention from a resource allocation point of view.
Tag: Guest Blog
Good Food Nation: we have a plan, but does it have any teeth?
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis guest blog details the latest developments in Scottish food policy, including the publication of the first National Good Food Nation Plan, the twist and turns around the secondary legislation meant to give it effect, and what may come next.
Draft Climate Change Plan: key themes from scrutiny
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Scottish Parliament’s debate on the draft Climate Change Plan will take place on 5 March 2026. Ahead of this, this SPICe guest blog looks at recurrent themes across scrutiny.
Climate Change Plan: will the proposed monitoring and evaluation approach show if delivery is on track?
Reading Time: 13 minutesThis SPICe guest blog introduces background on the M&E requirements of the Climate Change Plan, approaches to M&E in previous Plans, stakeholder views on what M&E should be in the Plan, the proposed M&E approach and key areas for scrutiny.
Guest blog: Strengthening the use of lived experience in the Scottish Parliament
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis guest blog by Dr Clementine Hill O’Connor introduces and links to the findings and recommendations arising from a fellowship project exploring the ways that lived experience is understood as a form of evidence and features in committee scrutiny.
Legislating for water resilience part 4: should there be a human right to water in Scotland?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis guest blog explores the human right to water in Scotland.
Legislating for water resilience part 3: how can we ensure water services for all of Scotland?
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis guest blog explores issues affecting private water supplies and private sewerage system users in rural and island communities.
Legislating for water resilience part 2: why Scotland’s water laws need an upgrade
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis guest blog explores opportunities for reform of water legislation.
Legislating for water resilience part 1: key challenges facing Scotland’s water industry
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis guest blog explores key challenges facing Scotland’s water industry.
An Introduction to the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog has been written by Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Professor Burcu Yüksel Ripley as part of a SPICe academic fellowship. Their briefing Digital Assets