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Committee reports
Date published:
29 March 2019
The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2019 [draft] - The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2019 [draft]
The Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, has, by motion S5M-16387, proposed that the Committee recommends approval of the Order.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 February 2019
Consideration of the Scottish Social Security Charter
Background to the Charter
During Stage 3 of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill, Pauline McNeill MSP put forward a successful amendment that required the Social Security Charter to be approved by the Scottish Parliament.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 December 2018
Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Executive Summary
Executive Summary
The Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Parliament on 2 October 2018 by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP.
The intention is that Census 2021 will take place on Sunday 21 March, and will be predominantly online.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2018
Equalities and Human Rights Committee Annual Report 2017-18 - Brexit
Throughout 2017/18 we have corresponded with the Scottish Government, and other parliamentary committees, on the implications of Brexit for equalities and human rights in Scotland.iEHRiC ongoing scrutiny of Brexit: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/103934.aspx
On 27 February 2018 Michael Russell MSP, the Minister for UK ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 January 2018
Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government apology
Scottish Government apology
On 7 November 2017, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, issued an apology after describing the introduction of the Bill as a milestone for LGBTIiLesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex. equality in Scotland:
…today, as First Minister, I categorically, unequivocally and whole-heartedly apologise for those laws and for the...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2018
Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2
The Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 15 June 2017. The Bill completed Stage 2 on 21 December 2017.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 November 2017
Islands (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Overview of the Bill
Overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing MSP, on 9 June 2017.
The Bill’s purposes are to make provision for a national islands plan, to impose a duty on certain public authorities to have regard to island communities, to make provision about the electoral representati...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 August 2017
Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Uprating carer's allowance supplement and carer's assistance
In response to a question (PQ S5W-02672) about whether the increased CA would maintain or deviate from the system of uprating JSA, the Minister for Social Security, Jeane Freeman MSP, said that:
In line with our response on uprating benefits set out in the answer to S5O-00060 on 16 June 2016, we are taking the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a starting point ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 August 2017
Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to stage 3 - Introduction
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/Child%20Poverty%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill06PMS052017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/Child%20Poverty%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill06PMS052017.pdf</a> [accessed 27 February 2017] was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 9 February 2017 by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 July 2017
It is not Cool to be Cruel: Prejudice-based bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools - Conclusions and recommendations
We ask the Scottish Government to bring forward legislation which incorporates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law.iiJeremy Balfour MSP dissents from the last sentence of paragraph 65.
