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Committee reports
Date published:
2 March 2021
Key audit themes: Managing public sector ICT projects - Planning
That means the body investing time to establish what is required and the best method for achieving this and drawing on the support and tools that are now available to assist with the management of such projects, including Audit Scotland’s “Principles for a digital future”.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 March 2021
Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equalities and human rights - Domestic abuse and child contact
They emphasised the Scottish Government has an obligation to act in the best interests of the child and to protect children from all forms of abuse.iScottish Women’s Aid, Written Evidence
The Minister for Older People and Equalities advised in her letter 23 June 2020 to the Committee’s letter of 4 June 2020, that the Scottish Government had announced an add...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 January 2021
Update to the Climate Change Plan - Key Sectors - Emissions Statistics
[accessed 6 December 2020]:
the current modelling makes use of the most recently published Scottish greenhouse gas inventory data and best current expectations for known upcoming technical changes to the UK inventory
The most recent emissions statistics 2Scottish Government. (2020).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2020
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Stakeholders' Views
If so – does the Bill do this? Is the Bill the best way to do this?
What are your views on the increased penalties the Bill creates for livestock worrying.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2020
Justice Committee Annual Report 2019-20 - Children (Scotland) Bill
According to the Scottish Government, the policy aims of the Bill are to:
ensure the views of the child are heard in contact and residence cases;
further protect victims of domestic abuse and their children;
ensure the best interests of the child are at the centre of contact and residence cases and children's hearings; and
further compliance with the United...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 May 2020
Issue 6: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - What happened in Round 2
Speaking to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 6 May, Michael Gove set out the different views:
The EU is very keen to have an association agreement-style approach, similar to that which it has with accession countries, such as Ukraine. We argued that it would be best to have a series of discrete agreements: a free trade agreement; a separate ap...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 May 2020
Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill - Non-disclosure of health information (Section 2)
The requirement to withhold information where it is considered harmful stems from the Chief Medical Officer’s Guidance which advises that information may be withheld where it is in the best interest of the patient, and that disclosing the clinical information to the patient, would be harmful.
para 32 Scottish Parliament. (2020, April 28).
Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - Conclusions and recommendations on delay in disputes affecting children
We also heard some concerns that section 21 of the Bill could encourage undue haste in family cases, which may be detrimental to a child's best interests.
Recommendation: The Scottish Government should respond to the concerns raised about section 21 of the Bill and provide details of other measures that will be taken to address the root causes of delays in...
Committee reports
Date published:
4 July 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank Stage 1 Report - Public limited company model
It suggests this will allow it to raise capital from a range of sources, provide “additional protections” – e.g. ensuring ownership remains with the Scottish Ministers, and not restrict the potential issue of dividends.iPolicy Memorandum para 47
STUC welcomed the Bank being established as a public limited company “wholly owned by Ministers” as it ensured privatisation would need primary legislation.STUC written submissionWomen’s Enterprise Scotland’s Lynne Cadenhead suggested it was important to learn from what had worked in other countries and that “on balance” the approach was “the right one”.iiiOR, 21 May, Col 18 Mydex CIC argued for the Community Investment Company model, contending that such an approach was “asset and mission locked” and offered future protection against being “driven down a market forces route”.ivOR, 21 May, Col 17
Benny Higgins said the Advisory Group had discussed different models and concluded—
…the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 June 2019
Pre-release Access – Committee Bill proposal report - Committee recommendation
Committee recommendation
In putting together the Committee’s data inquiry report there was initially a range of views among members as how best to approach this matter, including: adoption of a default position of no PRA except for exceptional circumstances; removing it for those statistics deemed to be of particular national significance (such as GDP and ...
