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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 September 2021
Energy Policy - Subject Profile - Key Issues and Scrutiny of Scotland's Approach
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-emissions-in-scotland-2020-progress-report-to-parliament/" target="_blank">https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-emissions-in-scotland-2020-progress-report-to-parliament/</a> [accessed 4 August 2021]:
Set out a vision for the future of low-carbon heating in Scotland’s homes and other buildings, integrated with UK Government decisions on the future of the UK gas grid and energy taxation
Make it easy for people to walk, cycle, use public transport, and work from home in Scotland, and ensure electric vehicle charging infrastructure and other enabling measures are in place to eliminate the need to buy a petrol or diesel car in Scotland by 2032 at the latest
Accelerate investments in low-carbon and climate adaptation infrastructure to stimulate Scotland’s economy, build long-term productive capacity and improve climate resilience
Engage with people and businesses in Scotland to develop...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Land Use and Rural Policy: Subject Profile - What does Scottish forestry look like?
Integrating forestry and farming is one of the Scottish Government’s commitments as part of the updated Climate Change Plan, aiming to “boost our work on forestry and farming and develop models to increase woodland creation on both tenanted and owner-occupied farms, increasing the scale and scope of agro-forestry”.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Environment: Subject Profile - Wildlife crime
Crimes against birds were the most commonly recorded type of crime with 46 offences, followed by cruelty to wild animals, fish poaching and hunting with dogs.
Areas of policy development - actions to tackle persecution of birds of prey
The persecution of birds of prey is a high-profile issue in relation to wildlife crime and there are ongoing debates around...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Brexit Statutory Instruments: Impact on the Devolved Settlement and Future Policy Direction - The Framework Analysis and categories of common frameworks
Retrieved from <a href="https://bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/2020/9/8/Common-Frameworks-1/SB%2020-55.pdf" target="_blank">https://bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/2020/9/8/Common-Frameworks-1/SB%2020-55.pdf</a> [accessed 10 August 2021]Development of common frameworks has therefore continued into 2021.9UK Government Cabinet Office. (2020, De...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 June 2021
Climate Change - Subject Profile - Scotland's Emissions Reductions to Date
Revisions to emission inventory estimates reflect the continuous development of scientific understanding of emissive processes, and the improvement to underlying data and methods to generate accurate emission estimates; few revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Inventories arise as a result of 'errors' in the popular sense of the word.
Committees
Published:
8 June 2021
Scottish Government submission of 8 June 2021
Committees may also be set up to deal with specific aspects of the Board’s role, such as: Staff Governance; Finance; Policy; Development. Where appropriate, committees can allow for specialist areas relating to the Board’s role to be debated in detail by members with the appropriate knowledge or skills.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 January 2021
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 26 January 2021 - Annex
It is now not only important to protect the progress that has been made, whereby people have been provided with accommodation appropriate to their need but to ensure there is no backwards movement in local and national efforts to tackle homelessness as the pandemic continues. This means we need to develop the right framework containing appropriate measures ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21 - Purpose of the Bill
Retrieved from <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901225/uk-internal-market-white-paper.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901225/uk-internal-market-white-paper.pdf</a> [accessed 12 September 2020]:
to maintain frictionless trade between all parts of the UK;
to maintain fair competition and prevent discrimination;
to continue to protect business, consumers and civil society by engaging them in the development...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 September 2020
The Multiple Roles of Scottish Woodlands - Scotland's Forestry Strategy
The Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), under the Scottish Rural Development Policy (SRDP) 2014-2020 is currently the main financial incentive for expanding and managing forests and woodlands.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2020
Children (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - An overview of Stage 1
The Committee took formal evidence on the Bill at eight meetings:
on 26 November 2019, from the Scottish Government Bill team (the officials responsible for assisting the Minister for Community Safety in developing the policy and drafting of the Bill);
on 17 December 2019, from Dr Fiona Morrison, University of Stirling, Professor Kay Tisdall, University...
