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This section includes SPICe research briefings dating back to April 2017.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  2. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 8 November 2025
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Displaying 261 SPICe briefings

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Lived experience in the Scottish Parliament: three case studies

Subjects: Parliament and Government | People and Communities

Briefing number: SB 25-54

Published: 04 November 2025

The Role of Lived Experience in the Scottish Parliament

Subjects: Parliament and Government | People and Communities

Briefing number: SB 25-55

Published: 04 November 2025

SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024

Subject: Parliament and Government

Briefing number: SB 25-56

Published: 04 November 2025

Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill

Briefing number: SB 25-53

Published: 30 October 2025

Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges

Subjects: Environment and Energy | Rural Affairs

Briefing number: SB 25-52

Published: 28 October 2025

Palliative care and assisted dying

Subject: Health

Briefing number: SB/2025/51

Published: 16 October 2025

Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill

Subject: Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-49

Published: 14 October 2025

Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill

Subject: Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-50

Published: 14 October 2025

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

Subjects: Economy and Finance | Health | People and Communities

Briefing number: SB 25-48

Published: 08 October 2025

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill

Subject: Rural Affairs

Briefing number: SB 25-47

Published: 02 October 2025

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights

Subjects: Health | Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-46

Published: 30 September 2025

Definitions of terminal illness in assisted dying legislation

Subject: Health

Briefing number: SB 25-45

Published: 25 September 2025

Digital assets in Scots law

Subjects: Economy and Finance | Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-44

Published: 25 September 2025

Men's mental health in Scotland

Subject: Health

Briefing number: SB 25-42

Published: 22 September 2025

Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

Subject: Environment and Energy

Briefing number: SB 25-43

Published: 18 September 2025

The Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

Published: 15 September 2025

Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions

Subject: Health

Briefing number: SB 25-40

Published: 11 September 2025

Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3

Published: 03 September 2025

Hate Crime and Misogyny

Subject: Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-37

Published: 02 September 2025

Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill

Subject: Justice

Briefing number: SB 25-36

Published: 01 September 2025