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SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill - Republished - Member's Consultation
Member's Consultation
Liam McArthur MSP, undertook a consultation on a draft proposal for a Bill on assisted dying for terminally ill adults between 23 September 2021 and 22 December 2021.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 November 2024
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - Process appeals
Process appeals
Process appeals are about, for example, Social Security Scotland failing to meet statutory deadlines or an application not being made in the proper way.
Jeremy Balfour MSP's unsuccessful amendments 116 to 125 on process appeals reflected issues raised by stakeholders during Stage 1.
Committees
Last updated:
21 May 2024
Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024
On 14 March, Christine Grahame MSP lodged Motion S6M-12516 which calls on the Criminal Justice Committee to recommend that the Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/70) be annulled.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2024
Sport in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation, Governance, Policy and Funding - Active Schools
This view was echoed in the Parliamentary Debate on Female Participation in Sport and Physical Activity following the inquiry.
Several MSPs noted the positive impacts this programme has had on broadening girls’ access to a wider range of sports and physical activities yet highlighted the need for an update evaluation.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Oral and written evidence
On 28 November 2023: two panels: first an international / rest of UK panel of stakeholders involved with circular economy policy, then a panel of academic experts in the circular economy and the UK internal market;
On 5 December 2023: Lorna Slater MSP, Minister for Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Green SkillsiReferences to "the Minister" in this report a...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2024
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Consideration of alternatives to introducing legislation
The group, convened by the then-Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health, and Sport, Maree Todd MSP, explored three non-legislative options to examine their potential to meet the policy aim of protecting access to abortion services:
Option 1: reliance on local authority byelaws
Option 2: reliance on existing police powers
Option 3: reliance on mediation a...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - Foreword
SPICe continues to provide impartial, factual, accurate and timely information and analysis to support MSPs in undertaking parliamentary business.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2023
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Raising revenue
As a result it is incumbent on the Scottish Government and each of the opposition parties and MSPs to move the debate from single budget lines to more fundamental questions about how we raise and spend public money”.iJoseph Rowntree Foundation, written evidence.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Individual spending disclosure
Instead, the responsibility to disclose falls on the political party or MSP receiving the gifts, donations, or hospitality.1legislation.gov.uk. (2000).
Last updated:
31 August 2023
Three Honours of Scotland
Within the oak leaves shape is a curving line that the sculptor included as a reference to Enric Miralles' design for the arched ceilings in the MSP Offices of the Parliament building.
