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Working as one sector
Working towards a shared objective of preserving the best of what the Scottish HE sector can possibly offer despite the current financial challenges facing the sector is something to ponder.
How does the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 compare with international best practice?
SPICe analysed the statutes governing lobbying in Scotland using two published questionnaires to assess how the provisions for lobbying disclosure compare with best practice standards.
The Committee undertook in depth scrutiny of the Financial Memorandum for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, highlighting significant concerns in relation to the costings within the FM, which the Committee considered did not provide best estimates of the costs to which the Bill gives rise.
The Scottish Government's position is that cross-border placements should only occur in exceptional circumstances where the placement is in the best interests of an individual child.
Committees will continue to be challenged in considering how best to ensure that the legislative burden is balanced alongside time for own initiated work.
The report confirmed that the drones were only to be used to search for missing persons and that an evaluation of this limited use which covered best value, privacy, human rights and ethical assessments would be brought back to the Committee.
We have done quite a bit of work on the resourcing piece and on skills. On best practice, the work that Craig McLaren, the national planning improvement champion, has taken forward is significant.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
He told the Committee that this might need to be delivered via a combination of culture change, training and legislative change:
[...] there is something about being able to account for how the money from the public purse is spent, and that equates to best value. What does “best value” mean?