SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe
Reading Time: 9 minuteshis blog gives an update on work to develop an approach to embedding deliberative democracy in the work of the Scottish Parliament, and looks back to see if some of the fundamental questions raised in earlier SPICe blogs have been answered.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis timeline blog lists reports, briefings, blogs and other publications which relate to deliberative democracy in the Scottish Parliament from 2017 onwards, and will be updated with new publications until the end of the current parliamentary session in March 2026.
Reading Time: 6 minutesHow do changes that are being made to retained EU law relate to the Scottish Government’s EU alignment policy?
Reading Time: 4 minutesA look at recent updates from the UK and Scottish Governments on changes that are being made to retained EU law.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 1 (January to March) of 2025.
Reading Time: 13 minutesIn January 2024, the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee established a People’s Panel to support its post-legislative scrutiny of section 91 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. This initiative was part of broader work to embed public participation in the work of the Scottish Parliament.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog provides an overview of the Ministerial Code, highlights the recent changes – including two significant updates to the role of the independent advisers on the Ministerial Code and the use of corporate communication channels – and discusses the recommendations that informed these updates.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog provides an overview of Marie Bruyndonckx’s masters dissertation, which was co-supervised by the University of Edinburgh and SPICe. It compares the public consultation
Reading Time: 9 minutesA look at cross-committee themes highlighted during the scrutiny of the proposed National Outcomes.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog focuses on how the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill interacts with the devolution framework and considers how the Bill may sit with the UK Internal Market Act 2020.