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SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 January 2020
The revised (European Union) Withdrawal Agreement Bill - Implications for Scotland - What has changed in the Political Declaration?
It also includes a commitment to:
establish general principles, terms and conditions for the United Kingdom’s participation in Union programmes, subject to the conditions set out in the corresponding Union instruments, in areas such as science and innovation, youth, culture and education, overseas development and external action, defence capabilities, civil...
Committee reports
Date published:
5 December 2019
Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Recording FGM
The Committee recommends the Scottish Government consider this issue when developing its statutory guidance, and that it does so in consultation with frontline health workers, to better understand their needs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 October 2019
Competition policy - the UK framework and the impact of Brexit (republished) - Public interest interventions
The UK Government may be more prepared to intervene on public interest grounds post-Brexit
Brexit, however, raises several issues with the future development of the public interest exception.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Suspended solids
Water turbidity fluctuates naturally, but many human activities such as dredging, agriculture and urban development, can enhance the level of suspended solids2Kjelland, M.E., Woodley, C.M., Swannack, T.M., & Smith, D.L. (2015).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2019
Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019 - Should certain offences be excluded from the provision?
In their evidence, Scottish Women's Aid said that there needed to be a comprehensive plan, or even a significant interest in defining the problem, on the implementation and monitoring of community disposals in domestic abuse cases. Until such a plan has been developed, Scottish Women's Aid said that could not see how more community disposals for domestic ab...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 June 2019
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Presumption against release
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.hmics.scot/publications/hmics-independent-assessment-police-scotland%E2%80%99s-response-breach-home-detention-curfew" target="_blank">https://www.hmics.scot/publications/hmics-independent-assessment-police-scotland%E2%80%99s-response-breach-home-detention-curfew</a>
Scottish Government in consultation with criminal justice partners and key stakeholders should consider development...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 April 2019
Report on Scottish National Standardised Assessments - SNSAs supporting children and young people's learning
Other witnesses explored the extent to which the SNSAs covered the curriculum and the value of focusing on these areas:
The test is not a test of everything but is a test of literacy—and not even all literacy, because it is primarily a test of comprehension and reading. If developing reading to a certain degree is important in your curriculum, the tests wil...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 April 2019
EU Emissions Trading System - Phase 1 – Pilot Phase (2005-2007)
The linking directive introduced in November 2004, allowed for the use of clean development mechanism credits (CERs) earned from large hydro-electric projects to be used for compliance purposes.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 March 2019
Transitions of young people with service and care needs between child and adult services in Scotland - Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004
Examples of appropriate agencies in this context are health services, colleges, universities, social work services, voluntary agencies, Skills Development Scotland and training providers.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Business Support - Role of the analytical unit
It is headed by former RBS Chief Economist, Stephen Boyle and is currently developing a framework which aims to measure impact and outcomes of the various agencies, which will also align with the Scottish Government's National Performance Framework.
