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The Strategic Integrated Impact Assessment – turning a corner in equalities budgeting?

January 27, 2026 SPICe

Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blogs sets out SPICe’s analysis of the Scottish Government’s Strategic Integrated Impact Assessment, and compares it to its predecessor, the Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement.

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Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee – human rights, procedural rights and differential impacts

February 24, 2025 SPICe

Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee and climate change (focusing on human rights, procedural rights and differential impacts).

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The Human Rights Bill – why has the Scottish Government not legislated and what happens next?

November 15, 2024 SPICe

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2024-25 Programme for Government didn’t include the Scottish Government’s flagship Human Rights Bill. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill – Reconsideration Stage

December 6, 2023 SPICe

Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog provides background on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill

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