Ques�ons were also raised about the inconsistency of framing between frameworks (and the challenges this presents to accessibility and understanding), about why so many policy areas sit outside of the common frameworks regime, about challenges for external and parliamentary accountability and about the difficul�es of finalising frameworks (no�ng that, at the �me of wri�ng, 26 frameworks apply to Scotland with only one finalised, 22 provisionally agreed and opera�onal, and three s�ll to be published (see SPICe analysis here: Common frameworks – SPICe Intergovernmental Ac�vity Hub (sco�shparliamen�nforma�oncentre.org)).