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Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Are individuals or certain groups rights impacted by the Bill?
We note the Scottish Government supports this Bill, and would caution that if this anomaly is not addressed through this Bill, the Scottish Government would, we believe, need to tackle this issue at some later date. We also note the current position on physical punishment is incompatible with the Scottish Government’s commitment to “getting it right for eve...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 May 2019
Devolved social security powers: progress and plans - Social Security Expenditure in 2019/20
Retrieved from http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2019/nr_190502_social_security.pdf [accessed 2 May 2019]Audit Scotland also commented on the need for the Scottish Government to have more detailed and up to date estimates of the likely overall implementation costs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 May 2019
Devolved social security powers: progress and plans - Social security timeline: 'safe and secure transfer'
r=10910 [accessed 10 April 2019]Reflecting this challenging context, Audit Scotland reported in May 2019 that:
there is a significant risk that the programme doesn’t have the time and capacity to learn from experience to date and make the changes necessary to successfully deliver on wave two timescales.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2019
Planning (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 - Development planning
The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Older People and Equalities regarding the definition of “Gypsies and Travellers”.iThe Committee’s letter, dated 5 April, is available here.
Recommendations
The Committee calls on the Government to bring forward an amendment to the Bill at Stage 3 to apply the affirmative procedure to regulations made under s...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2019
Developing the Scottish Parliament's scrutiny role after Brexit - The Scottish Government's proposals for international trade negotiations after Brexit
Doing so will require a significant change in the current arrangements for scrutiny and democratic engagement, which are already out of date, under strain and in urgent need of reform.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - The current targets
The current targets are set out in Part One the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12) and are as follows—
A 2050 target of 80%;
A 2020 target of 42% (known as the "interim target");
Secondary legislation setting annual targets between 2010 and 2050 which would "allow the interim target and the 2050 target to be met"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 3(2)(b) and for the targets set between 2020 and 2050 to be "at least 3% less than the target for the preceding year"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 3(2)(c)(ii);
A requirement on the Scottish Government to seek advice from the "relevant body"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 5 and consider the "target setting criteria"Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 4(4) when setting annual targets;
Modification of—
the percentage of 3% by which annual targets between 2020 and 2050 should be made more challengingClimate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), section 6(1)(a);
the dates...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2019
Social Security and In-Work Poverty - Digital first approach
Denise Horsfall said she had not seen any delay in the claims process-
We are 90 per cent through new-claim roll-out and I have not seen delays or problems to date.
Social Security Committee 08 November 2018, Denise Horsfall, contrib. 32, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Implementing the Barnahus principles in Scotland
Implementing the Barnahus principles in Scotland
The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2018-19 contains a commitment to explore “how the Barnahus concept for immediate trauma-informed support for child and victims of serious and traumatic crimes can operate within the context of Scotland’s healthcare and criminal justice system”.
In a letter dated 12 December 2018, the Cabinet Secretary provided an update on how the Scottish Government is taking forward this commitment.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 November 2018
Preventative Action and Public Health - Detect Cancer Early
The DCE programme is fundamentally an early detection rather than prevention programme although we were advised of some work undertaken through DCE in the prevention agenda.Letter to Committee from Cabinet Secretary dated 10 April 2018 We were also advised of a limited impact the programme had had on differential deprivation rates albeit a gap between the ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 November 2018
Climate Change and Agriculture: How can Scottish Agriculture Contribute to Climate Change Targets? - Executive Summary
It also allows for a target of 100% reduction in emissions (known as a net zero target) to be created at a future date, from the same baseline. The UK and Scottish Government's statutory advisers, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), consider the 90% target to be at the limit of feasibility.
