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SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 May 2024
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill
Retrieved from https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/governance/our-structure/our-board/ The UK Government provides some funding, monitors performance and oversees key decisions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2007
S2W-32101
The UNCRC is not directly enforceable but the Scottish Executivelooks to reflect its provisions wherever possible in the development of policy,practice and legislation.There are a number ofrelevant examples in relation to UNCRC Article 12, which confers the right onchildren to express their views on matters affecting them and for those viewsto be given due ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2007
S2O-12113
This person will not be expected to have undertaken training nor indeed carryany legal responsibility but will, if contacted, be required to satisfy the relevantauthorities on a range of matters associated with running the show in compliancewith the licence conditions.Officials will now clarify anumber of matters arising from the consultation and develop re...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2006
S2W-30237
Plans to double the number ofBritish Sign Language (BSL) interpreters in Scotland were announced on 4 November 2004 in answerto question S2W-11983 and included supporting the development and delivery of aGraduate Diploma in Teaching British Sign Language Tutors at Heriot-Watt University todevelop the infrastructure to ensure a sustainable increase in BSL in...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 October 2006
S2W-28600
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operational wind energy projects there have been in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area and showing also the total megawatt capacity and number of turbines in each area and giving year-on-year percentage changes. Wind farm developments, in excessof 50MW, consented under section 36 of the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 June 2006
S2W-26801
Although it is not usualpractice to publish possible amendments to a bill under consideration by Parliament,where we have indicated to the Environment and Rural Development Committee thatwe intend to amend the bill we have published those amendments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 May 2006
S2W-25972
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23456 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 March 2006, to what extent the procedure for public inquiries held by reporters under the Electricity Acts is determined by those set out for inquiries under planning legislation in Scottish Office Development Department Circular 17/1998, Planning and Compul...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 May 2006
S2W-25925
This was launched in December 2005 and the MHRA isworking with the Commission on Human Medicines’ Patient Information ExpertAdvisory Group to discuss how this leaflet and the patient Yellow Card can befurther promoted and made available. The MHRA is also developing acommunication campaign, which includes articles in magazines, and working withvoluntary orga...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 May 2006
S2W-25189
The Scottish Executive andits agencies will adopt best practices from the Better Regulation Action Plan whichwas launched by the Chancellor in May 2005.In addition, in Scotland, weare promoting the Better Regulation Agenda by making sure all new legislationis subject to a Regulatory Impact assessment to minimise burdens on business; byengaging with Department of Trade and Industry and Better Regulation Executiveofficials on setting up Local Better Regulation Offices in Scotland; by feedingthe views of Scottish business to the Penalties Review and the Review ofImplementation of EU Legislation led by Professor Macrory and Neil Davidson QCrespectively; by maximising the opportunitiesto use public sector procurement as an economic development...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 May 2006
S2W-25555
These include market analysis, needs assessment andproblem identification, resourcing, and monitoring and evaluation.In assessing against thesecriteria, Communities Scotland gives each local housing strategy a grade on aseven point scale which ranges from “outstanding” to “generally weak”. Thesegrades were developed in consultation with local authorities in...
