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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 May 2019
Devolved social security powers: progress and plans - Devolved social security: 2020 to 2024
Devolved social security: 2020 to 2024
Table 2 below lists current UK benefits and indicates when Social Security Scotland is expected to deliver the Scottish equivalents.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2019
What a 'no deal' Brexit means for civil and criminal law in Scotland - a summary of subordinate legislation considered by the Justice Committee to date - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
The SI consent notification stated that, without continued participation in the 2005 Convention, there would "no longer be effective international arrangements between Scotland and other countries" for the enforcement of choice of court agreements, which could result in "costly and time consuming legal action" for Scottish businesses.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2019
Developing the Scottish Parliament's scrutiny role after Brexit - Protocol on obtaining Scottish Parliament approval to UK Ministers acting in devolved areas
A similar power exercisable in devolved areas is conferred on the devolved authorities (in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers) in schedule 2 of the Withdrawal Act.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Business Support - The Irish model
The Irish model
We questioned whether at times sensitivities around local and national governance are standing in the way of collaborative working, services to business and economic impact for Scotland, and resulting in the accountability and alignment challenges already highlighted.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 January 2019
Scottish Government infrastructure investment - Infrastructure Investment Plan
Retrieved from <a href="https://beta.gov.scot/publications/infrastructure-investment-plan-2015/" target="_blank">https://beta.gov.scot/publications/infrastructure-investment-plan-2015/</a>
"We will seek to prioritise infrastructure investment based on our guiding principles of:
delivering sustainable economic growth through increasing competitiveness and tackling inequality;
managing the transition to a more resource efficient, lower carbon economy;
supporting delivery of efficient and high quality public services; and
supporting employment and opportunity across Scotland...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 November 2018
Local Government finance: the Funding Formula and local taxation income - Funding for local authorities in Scotland
Funding for local authorities in Scotland
The Scottish Government estimates how much local government needs to fund the services it provides.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 September 2018
European Union funding in Scotland - The European Union Budget
In addition to funding distributed as part of the MFF, some finance is provided outwith the EU budget to projects in Scotland on a more commercial basis:
European Investment Bank (EIB): the EIB is an investment bank that is jointly owned by EU Member States and is the world's largest multilateral lending institution.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 September 2018
Buying a home - Scottish Government support - Which builders do Help to Buy purchasers buy from?
This FOI response provides data on the number of homes, and the total value of the homes purchased by people taking part in the Help to Buy scheme, broken down by participating builder.1Scottish Government. (2017, November 29). Help to Buy (Scotland) Affordable New Build Scheme: FOI release.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2018
Air Quality in Scotland Inquiry - Conclusions
However, it is concerned that only having 95 such monitors across Scotland - which equates to less than 3 monitors per local authority - does not appear to give sufficient importance to the study and possible mitigations to poor air quality.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2018
Committee witnesses: gender and representation - Introduction
Introduction
The diversity, or otherwise, of witnesses that appears before a parliament’s committees can be seen as important for a number of reasons, including providing the information and perspectives that committees require in order to undertake the scrutiny of government actions and legislation, and in reflecting the ways in which they engage with wider society.
In Scotland, committees are an important part of the parliamentary structure – their combination of legislative and executive oversight means that they play a major role in scrutinising the policies and legislation of the Scottish Government, while they are also able to hold a variety of public bodies, and indeed others, accountable for their actions, not least through gathering written and oral evidence, the publication of reports and their access to the media.
