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SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2018
Committee witnesses: gender and representation - The Commission on Parliamentary Reform
The Commission on Parliamentary Reform
The report of the Commission on Parliamentary Reform, established by the new Presiding Officer in 2016 to reflect on the first eighteen years of the Parliament’s existence and to consider how it could enhance scrutiny and engage better with the people of Scotland, placed substantial emphasis on both the effectiveness ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 January 2018
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Overview
It sets out three conditions, all of which have to be proven for a conviction:
the accused engaged in a course of behaviour which was abusive of the accused's partner or ex-partner
a reasonable person would consider the course of behaviour to be likely to cause the partner/ex-partner to suffer physical or psychological harm
the accused either intended the course of behaviour to cause such harm or was reckless as to whether it would
This proposed offence is intended to cover behaviour which is already criminal as well as abuse which might not be captured by the current law. In relation to the need for a new...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2017
Income Tax in Scotland: 2017 update - The baseline
The effect of introducing an additional tax band with a zero rate would not be exactly the same as an increase in the personal allowance as the personal allowance is tapered for those earning in excess of £100,000, whereas a new tax band with a zero rate would be applicable to all taxpayers regardless of the level of their earnings
The Scottish Government d...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 December 2017
The social impact of the 2017-18 local government budget - Historical local government budgets
In 2013-14, responsibility (and the associated funding of more than £1,500 million) for police and fire was transferred from local government to the new centralised police and fire services.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 November 2017
Negotiation of Trade Agreements in Federal Countries - Implications for Scotland
Such common frameworks would make it easier for the UK Government to negotiate new international trade agreements. First Secretary of State Damian Green recently commented on the need to avoid “subsidy wars” between the UK’s devolved nations.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 November 2017
Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - The Role of ONS in classification decisions
The ONS said that ESA10 introduced considerable new guidance on delineating the two and that:
The fundamental question is “does government exercise significant control over the general corporate policy of the unit?”
Committee reports
Date published:
6 October 2017
Stage 1 report on the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill - Annex C: Written evidence
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity to the Committee regarding an announcement of new organisational structures for forestry in Scotland, 11 May 2017 (105KB pdf)
Letter from the Scottish Government to the Committee regarding responses to follow up questions from their appearance before the Committee on 7 June 2017, 15 June 2...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 September 2017
Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill - The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill
However, the Bill‘s prohibition on further convictions post-repeal will apply to any new prosecution brought (following an appeal) under Section 119 or Section 185 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 June 2017
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill - Overview
Section 1 of the Bill sets out three conditions, all of which must be proven if there is to be a conviction for the offence:
the accused engaged in a course of behaviour which was abusive of the accused's partner or ex-partner
a reasonable person would consider the course of behaviour to be likely to cause the partner/ex-partner to suffer physical or psychological harm
the accused either intended the course of behaviour to cause such harm or was reckless as to whether it would
Section 5 provides that it is a defence for the accused to show that the course of behaviour was reasonable in the particular circumstances.
In relation to the need for a new...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 June 2017
Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Key concepts and exemptions
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/General%20Documents/Letter_to_Convener_-_ADT_-_21_April_2017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/General%20Documents/Letter_to_Convener_-_ADT_-_21_April_2017.pdf</a> [accessed 1 June 2017]
...the Scottish Government strongly supports retaining a like-for-like exemption under ADT and is interested in suggestions made to the Committee for enhancing the exemption. As ADT is a new...
