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The Scottish Covid-19 inquiry, by contrast, has so far cost £45.5 million (as of September 2025)7Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). (2025). Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries.
Figure 8: Annual average real terms year-on-year change (per cent) in unmetered household combined water and sewerage bills in Scotland 2007/08 to 2025/26.Source: SPICe, based on average unmetered household combined water and sewerage bills provided by Scottish Water.
Information on the background to the conflict can be found in a previous SPICe blog.1Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). (2022, February 24).
The Q1 2024 intergovernmental activity update and SPICe briefing on the Bill ahead of Stage 3 debate summarise the discussions about glue traps and a potential UKIMA exclusion relating to the sale of glue traps during the then Bill's parliamentary process.
You can read more about the Act's provisions in our SPICe briefing and a SPICe blog.
UK Government review of the Internal Market Act
UKIMA contains a statutory requirement for the UK Government to review some provisions of the Act by December 2025.
General formatting guidance
The guidance in this section applies to online briefings published in Fonto, as well as other SPICe outputs (usually written in Microsoft Word).