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SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 January 2020
Medicines in Scotland - Executive Summary
After the patent runs out, competitors can produce the drug and the price usually falls. The majority of new drugs are developed in the US.
The price of medicines in the UK is controlled by statutory and non-statutory regulation schemes.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 December 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Consumer Scotland Bill - Consumer Duty
It added:
any need for additional resource will have to be considered as the bill and any secondary legislation are developed. Robust guidance on the points that bodies should consider and how they should do so will be required.vCoSLA, written evidence
The Minister told the Committee that the duty's design and implementation will be done collaboratively to ...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill - Annexe C: Meeting with representatives from refugee communities
They were all active members of different community groups, such as Maryhill Integration Network’s Voices group, the Scottish Refugee Council’s Refugee Advisory Group, and Best Way Community Development in Motherwell.
The participants were:
Ahlam Al Bashiri
Sam Bisiriyu
Serge Kasongo
Vatican Kayembe
They are accompanied by:
Lorna Gledhill (Scottish Refug...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 September 2019
Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill - How common is FGM?
The European Institute for Gender Equality has been working on developing an approach to data collection on FGM across the European Union.1European Institute for Gender Equality. (2015, June 1).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 July 2019
Seafood processing in Scotland: an industry profile - Trade and market access
In his foreword, the Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox MP, set out the UK Government's intentions:
As we develop our own independent trade policy and look to forge new and ambitious trade relationships with our partners around the world, we will build a truly Global Britain upon a strong economy with open and fair trade at its heart.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2019
Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland - Measuring productivity
It outlines its ambition to promote the value of building information modelling (BIM), a collaborative approach to accessing development finance, and working with CSIC as three strands to this strategic priority.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2019
Planning (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 - Section 3: delegated powers with redundant and/or empty cross- references in respect of which the Government has committed to lodging amendments at stage 3
It provides that the terms “rural areas” and “substantial decline” used in section 15(5)(cf) of the Bill as amended at Stage 2 “are to be construed in accordance with any regulations made under section [ ]”.iSection 15(5) of the 1997 Act as amended by the Bill at Stage 2 sets out the matters about which a spatial strategy that forms part of a local development plan is to take account.
Finally, paragraph 10(2) of schedule 2 of the Bill (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) inserts new subsection (7BD) into section 275 of the 1997 Act.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 April 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank Bill - Rationale for public intervention
The market failure framework does not capture how, in countries that have been successful in achieving ‘smart’ (innovation-led) growth, the breadth of such public investments has been driven by broad ‘mission-oriented’ justifications, such as those that drove investments by NASA, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2019
Developing the Scottish Parliament's scrutiny role after Brexit - Other Brexit powers
This political commitment is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding which was developed between the Devolved Administrations and the UK Government.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 April 2019
Report on Police Scotland’s proposal to introduce the use of digital device triage systems (cyber kiosks) - Digital device triage systems / cyber kiosks
Police forces across the UK have been using a variety of specialised software tools to examine and recover various forms of data held on modern digital devices, like PCs and mobile phones, as part of their investigation of crime. As a result, developing an up-to-date digital and ICT strategy is a core element of 21st century policing.
