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Links to additional background information on common frameworks and other useful material are provided below.

SPICe

Date	Document
2 February 2018	SPICe research paper discussing the creation of common frameworks between the UK and devolved governments. Common UK Frameworks after Brexit
22 January 2020	SPICe blog: The scrutiny challenge posed by common frameworks
25 June 2020	SPICe blog: Common frameworks: Progress report
8 September 2020	SPICe research paper explaining what common frameworks are and considering why they are necessary and how they are being developed. Also outlines the key principles underpinning common frameworks and some of the challenges they could pose for parliamentary scrutiny. Common Frameworks
18 December 2020	SPICe blog: The United Kingdom Internal Market Act and common frameworks
25 February 2021	SPICe blog: Common frameworks: a report on progress
4 June 2021	SPICe blog: Common Frameworks in the new Parliamentary Session
18 November 2021	SPICe blog: Progress on common frameworks: UK Government’s twelfth report

UK Government

The UK Government has published a range of documents outlining the thinking behind common frameworks and progress towards establishing them.

Schedule 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 requires the UK Government to report to the UK Parliament every three months on progress in the development of common frameworks. Links to those reports produced so far are included below.

Date	Document
16 October 2017	Communique produced by the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations), outlining the principles underpinning common frameworks as agreed by the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments. JMC (EN) communique on definitions and principles of common frameworks
9 March 2018	Document setting out the UK Government’s provisional assessment of those policy areas in which consistent practices should be maintained in common frameworks following withdrawal from the EU. Frameworks Analysis: Breakdown of areas of EU law that intersect with devolved competence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
13 November 2018	First European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
7 February 2019	Second European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
4 April 2019	Revised version of the frameworks analysis document originally published on 9 March 2018. Revised Frameworks Analysis: Breakdown of areas of EU law that intersect with devolved competence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
16 May 2019	Third European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
17 July 2019	Fourth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
24 October 2019	Fifth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
19 March 2020	Sixth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
20 May 2020	Seventh European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
24 September 2020	Eighth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
24 September 2020	Further revision of the UK Government’s frameworks analysis document. Frameworks Analysis 2020: Breakdown of areas of EU law that intersect with devolved competence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
10 December 2020	Ninth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing progress on the development of common frameworks.
18 March 2021	Tenth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing the progress on the development of common frameworks.
20 May 2021	Eleventh European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing the progress on the development of common frameworks.
9 November 2021	Twelfth European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks statutory report detailing the progress on the development of common frameworks. Further revision of the UK Government’s frameworks analysis document. Frameworks Analysis 2021: Breakdown of areas of EU law that intersect with devolved competence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Scottish Parliament

Date	Document
25 March 2019	Finance and Constitution Committee report recommending that the Scottish Parliament play an important role in examining common frameworks as they are being developed, agreed and implemented. Finance and Constitution Committee Report on Common Frameworks