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Published by The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Lived experience in the Scottish Parliament: three case studies
Author: Dr Clementine Hill O'Connor and Ailsa Burn-Murdoch
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Published: Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 (SB 25-54)
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Context - committee scrutiny and support
Case study: inquiry into the Financial Considerations of Leaving an Abusive Relationship
Developing the approach
Identifying a specific group to work with
Negotiating the specifics
Details of the approach
Outcomes and (early) impact
Impact on SRG members
Impact on the engagement with, and assessment of, formal evidence
Impact on the recommendations and next steps
Lessons to draw from the case study
Case study: Right to (Addiction) Recovery (Scotland) Bill
Details of the approach
In-person discussion groups
Choice of participants
Outcomes and (early) impact
Encouraging new perspectives
Influencing amendments
An additional source of evidence
Lessons to draw from the case study
Case study: Housing (Scotland) Bill
Developing the panel approach
Details of the approach
Limited direct involvement of MSPs
Outputs
Ongoing engagement
Outcomes and (early) impact
Challenges in understanding impact
Examples of panel outputs informing formal evidence sessions
Examples from the Committee's report
Lessons to draw from the case study
Image: Process for including lived experience in evidence taking: Financial considerations of leaving and abusive relationship inquiry
Image: Process for including lived experience in evidence taking: Stage 1 scrutiny of the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
Image: Process for including lived experience in evidence taking: Stage 1 scrutiny of the Housing (Scotland) Bill
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