Huge thanks to the Centre for Policy, Citizenship and Society at NTU & the @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding the research. Thanks also to SPICe for providing a supportive research environment. I can’t recommend their academic fellowship scheme highly enough www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

A recent survey of MSPs and officials confirms growing support, while also highlighting ongoing challenges like time and capacity. Overall, this strategic focus has successfully encouraged broader participation and innovation in post-legislative scrutiny.

These innovations, now documented in case studies, show how flexible, meaningful, and replicable methods can make PLS a routine part of parliamentary activity. Notably, public engagement has helped bring life to what can often be seen as a technical process.

During Session 6, post-legislative scrutiny was elevated to a strategic priority by the Conveners Group—leading to 8 full inquiries and 5 innovative approaches by committees to embed scrutiny into their work.

For anyone with a particular interest in the Scottish Parliament and its committees, you can watch the evidence session back here: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/stan...

We covered: what is unique about the parliament; how we prioritise what the public wants from scrutiny; how important the culture of committees are; the remit of committees; workload and programme management; types of recommendations & the role of convenors.

I also provided an overview of the practice of PLS in the UK Parliament and what we can learn from Westminster’s experience. We were then joined by Baroness Barker and her clerk to discuss the recent PLS work of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee.