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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 October 2016
S5W-03205
SFRS works with partners in communities to identify risks and to target fire prevention activities at those most vulnerable and it is SFRS, in collaboration with those partners, who is best placed to identify the data required to inform fire prevention strategies on a local and national basis.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 October 2016
S5W-03341
The forestry summit at Moffat was attended by a broad cross section of the industry who shared their views on how best the Scottish Government can assist them in growing the £1 billion sector.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2016
S5W-02461
This review will be chaired by the University of Strathclyde Professor of Global Public Health, Sir Harry Burns, and will ensure targets and performance indicators lead to the best outcomes for people being cared for, whether in hospital, primary care, community care or social care services.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 May 2026
Key Issues for Session 7 - Scotland’s post-2008 economic performance
The extent to which GDP growth should be an objective of economic policy is contested, but it remains the best available single measure of economic output.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 January 2026
Financial support for children from parents: cross-border cases - The timing of an application to the Scottish Central Authority
If a receiving parent is considering a court application through the Scottish courts (because the circumstances suggest this is the best option) a solicitor may still recommend negotiating with the other parent first, resorting to court action only if those negotiations fail.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 December 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: A summary of stage 2 proceedings - Death Certification
It concluded that both the underlying illness and the approved substance should appear on the death certificate and, if the Bill progresses, further work would be needed - through amendments or guidance - to determine how best to achieve this.
Main stage 2 amendments agreed to
The only change made to this part of the Bill was to ensure that the approved sub...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2025
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Approaches to prostitution in other countries
The Policy Memorandum (paras 81-92) goes on to outline some evidence relating to the impact of approaches in those countries.
A lot has been written on how best to deal with prostitution, with significant differences of view on some key points.
Committees
Published:
26 March 2025
Fiscal sustainability and reform in Scotland: Follow up from the Scottish Government, March 2025
Fiscal sustainability and public reform in Scotland Follow up from Scottish Government.
fiscal sustainability, reform, ScotWind, Crown Estate, child poverty, best start bright futures.
Fiscal sustainability and reform in Scotland Follow up from Scottish Government.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 2 - Standards
Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/publications/self-directed-support-framework-standards-including-practice-statements-core-components/:
The Standards are not in themselves statutory, but aim to support best practice and demonstrate what good Self-directed Support implementation looks like.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Recommendations
To add to the provisions in the Bill, the Committee asks the Scottish Government to:
clarify what mechanisms will be put in place to ensure that clear objectives are set for any election pilots and for evaluation of any pilots (in addition to the evaluation that the Electoral Commission is required to carry out)
confirm that the Electoral Commission will be added to the list of bodies to be consulted on proposed election pilots
clarify that voter registration, including automatic voter registration, can be the subject of an election pilot
consider the evidence from the Electoral Commission in relation to the Commission’s plans to establish a fund to support democratic engagement and indicate how it might work with the Commission to ensure best...
