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SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 January 2021
Update to the Climate Change Plan - Key Sectors - Recent Reports: Buildings
Retrieved from https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-emissions-in-scotland-2020-progress-report-to-parliament/ [accessed 6 December 2020]In terms of non-residential buildings, the Committee noted that the Scottish Government was yet to set out its proposals for non-domestic buildings, including a benchmarking mechanism to create a long-term energy efficiency standard and setting regulatory ‘backstop’ dates...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 December 2020
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 3 briefing on Part 2 (Environment) - Amendments withdrawn based on agreement for further work before Stage 3
Environmental policy strategy
Claudia Beamish MSP withdrew an amendment to the Bill which would require Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish an environmental policy strategy within six months from the date when the proposed section came into force.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2020
Children (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - An overview of Stage 1
An overview of Stage 1
The Justice Committee issued a call for views in respect of the Bill on 20 September 2019, with a closing date of 15 November 2019. The Committee received 75 responses to its call for evidence and 12 supplementary responses during its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2020
Inquiry into mental health support for young people in Scotland - No one-size fits all
Letter from Deputy First Minister to Convener of the Education and Skills Committee, dated 1 June 2020
During the inquiry, the Committee met with local authority and third sector organisations to learn about the health and wellbeing programme in place in secondary schools across the Scottish Borders.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 June 2020
Local Government Finance: Facts and Figures 2013-14 to 2020-21 - Executive Summary
It also looks at the impact of Barnett consequentials arising from UK Government spending decisions on the Scottish Government budget, and gives an early look at how this has impacted the local government revenue settlement to date.
Key messages
This briefing presents a range of factual information around local government finance, including the following:
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SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 January 2020
Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit - The role of EU environmental law principles in future policy making
In a letter to the Environment Climate Change and Land Reform Committee dated 24 October 2019, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP wrote:
Regardless of the nature of the UK’s exit from the EU, the Scottish Government has committed to maintain or exceed environmental standards following EU exi...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 November 2019
The Children (Scotland) Bill - Introduction and background
Also in September, it issued a call for views with a closing date of 15 November 2019.
To help support the Committee's work on the Bill, SPICe published a briefing, entitled Resolving parenting disputes: Scotland compared to other countries, on 20 November 2019.8Harvie-Clark, S. (2019, November 20).
Committee reports
Date published:
19 September 2019
Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 - Powers drawn to the attention of the Parliament
In addition to the existing requirements in section 97, the Scottish Ministers are also required to lay a statement setting out the extent to which the proposal is consistent with the most up-to-date advice received from the relevant body.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 September 2019
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit - Action taken
For hundreds of thousands of small companies, diverting precious resource – both human and financial – to Brexit preparedness measures is out of reach. The change in the scheduled date for no deal has also had an impact on business readiness.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Social and cultural value of wild salmon
They have played a part in human history for several millennia, with a life-size carving of a salmon found in a cave beside a river in the Dordogne region of France, dated to 25,000 years ago12Musée National de Préhistoire.
