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SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 November 2024
Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill - Alternative approaches
Given the relatively small changes to release dates and the need to ensure operational sustainability, the approach set out is considered to be an appropriate way of ensuring that certain prisoners are not released any earlier than at present, while not making significant and resource intensive changes (which would be necessary if previous convictions were ...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2024
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Proposals in the Bill
The Bill also includes a power to state a period of time from the date of an officer resigning or retiring, after which no steps or only certain steps in the procedures can be applied unless additional criteria are met.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 June 2024
The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service - Impact on victims and witnesses of crime
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In its written submission, COPFS highlighted that delays in prisoner transport have led to cases being postponed to a later date, despite victims and witnesses being in attendance at the High Court.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2024
Sport in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation, Governance, Policy and Funding - International Olympic Committee
Retrieved from https://olympics.com/ioc/documents/international-olympic-committee/ioc-annual-report
Further information on the contributions the IOC has made to staging the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games, International Sports Federations (IFs), NOCs, and other investment is available on the IOC website.
Annual reports dating back to 2014 are availab...
Committee reports
Date published:
7 December 2023
Standing Order Rule changes - Proxy Voting - Permanent provision
The Presiding Officer gave a positive response to the Committee on how the system had been operating and stated within the options open to members unable to attend a vote in person using a proxy vote:
“has the benefit of allowing transparency that they are not able to be present but that their constituents are still being represented in the vote.”
Presiding Officer correspondence dated 27 October 2023We consider that the proxy voting system has been used appropriately and proportionately since its introduction.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 September 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - Overall impact of the reforms proposed in the Bill
It was widely agreed that the current law is out of date and can be unclear, and that the Bill represented a significant improvement.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Extent of muirburn in Scotland
A 2020 mapping exercise was commissioned by the Scottish Government as part of a wider piece of research (mentioned earlier in this briefing) on the socio-economic and biodiversity impacts of driven grouse moors, to "Provide a more up to date assessment of the area of grouse moors in Scotland under management for driven grouse, mapping clearly the areas of ...
Bills and laws
Date lodged:
15 May 2023
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Information about the progress of the Bill, including proposed dates for future meetings, can be found on that web page.
Bills and laws
Date lodged:
5 May 2023
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Information about the progress of the Bill, including proposed dates for future meetings, can be found on that web page.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill - Administrative burden for local authorities and auditing threshold
The Council said it is specifically concerned about the extra costs in keeping OSCR up to date. They proposed a potential financial threshold with charities falling below that threshold not having to follow reporting requirements. iiSocial Justice and Social Security Committee.
