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Empty Homes and Council Tax A recent SPICe blog shows that local authorities in Scotland already have discretion over the levels of Council Tax discount available on unoccupied properties in their areas.
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The scale of the alignment commitment has been explored in a previous SPICe blog. It is worth noting that, as a starting point, relevant EU legislation which has been passed since the UK left will have to be incorporated into UK law (where continued alignment has not already been ensured).
In March 2025, the Committee wrote to each of the fourteen NHS territorial boards requesting information on neurodevelopmental pathways and waiting times. SPICe used the data received to produce a briefing on Neurodevelopmental Pathways and Waiting Times in Scotland.
These would, for example, order the removal of greyhounds from a person's care or disqualify a person from owning a greyhound following conviction of a relevant offence.
SPICe has published a detailed briefing on the Bill which provides further information about the Bill as well as on the background context of greyhound racing in Scotland and in the rest of...
However, some of the more detailed proposals were supported by only slightly more than half of respondents:
52% of respondents supported "independent existence" as a defining criterion for digital assets
57% of respondents supported rivalrousness as a defining criterion for digital assets
57% of respondents supported protection for good faith acquirers of digital assets.
The SPICe briefing Digital assets in Scots Law3MacPherson, A., & Yüksel Ripley, B. (2025).