This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
Considers how to approach scrutiny of the six-monthly updates to be provided by the Scottish Government on progress with delivering the projects and programmes set out in the IDP.
Timing of fiscal events
Works with the Scottish Government and Scottish Fiscal Commission to agree an optimal timeframe for publishing the Scottish Budget after the UK Budget, striking a balance between ensuring sufficient time to formulate tax and spending proposals and forecasts, and protecting time for Parliamentary scrutiny of them.
Further background to the salmon industry in Scotland, including the fish health and environmental issues, can be found in the SPICe briefing on salmon farming in Scotland published at the time of the previous RECC Committee inquiry.
Retrieved from <a href="https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/07/03/evolution-and-dilution-in-devolution-economic-policy-in-scotland/" target="_blank">https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/07/03/evolution-and-dilution-in-devolution-economic-policy-in-scotland/</a> [accessed 24 June 2021]’ to mark 20 years of the ...
More background information to the inquiry can be found in the SPICe briefing Neurodevelopmental Pathways and Waiting Times in Scotland and in the following SPICe blogs:
Neurodiversity, Neurodivergence and Neurodevelopmental Conditions: What are we talking about?
Purpose and objectives of the Bill
At the time of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Government said that further primary legislation would be required.
Separately, SPICe published a briefing on child abduction in 2025, where a key focus is the situation where a child crosses international borders.1Harvie-Clark, S. (2025).
Retrieved from http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Exports/ESSPublication [accessed 25 July 2017]SPICe briefing SB 17-14 provides more information on Scotland's exports.