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SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 December 2022
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - Sufficiency of statutory declarations
The counter-signatory would be someone who has personally known the applicant for two years and is from a 'recognised profession', for example, a doctor, nurse, teacher or accountant.
Some Committee members felt these amendments would go against the principle of the Bill, which is self-declaration.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 October 2022
Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2021-22 - Introduction
The Committee believes that this report is a key element of this follow-up work, allowing the Committee to track its work and in turn hold the Scottish Government to account.
This report reflects upon the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in the first year of session 6 and looks ahead to the Committee’s work in its second year.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 October 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Background to the Bill
These problems include issues with:
clear lines of leadership and accountability
information sharing
the integrating of finances
a 'cluttered' governance and bureaucratic landscape.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 May 2022
Subordinate Legislation: Non-Domestic Rates (Valuation Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 - The Regulations
The Regulations require that draft and final valuation notices relating to the making up of a valuation roll for properties valued as certain categories, listed in the schedule, include an indication as to where the addresses of the properties the rental evidence of which was taken into account in determining the basic valuation rate (defined as the rate pe...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 October 2021
Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies - Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies
The Scottish Government considered that it was important to take account of new developments, such as social media, since the current Model Code was issued and consulted on the revision of the Model Code of Conduct in late 2020.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 August 2021
Income tax in Scotland: using the powers - Interaction with tax policy in the rest of the UK
The tax is intricately interwoven with UK taxes, and the Scottish Parliament has only a limited number of pieces of the jigsaw. (Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Fraser of Allander Institute. (2017, September).
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2021
Education and Skills Committee - Annual Report 2020 - 2021 - Web and Social Media
Web and Social Media
As business shifted increasingly virtual during the pandemic, the Committee's Twitter account increased its use of short clips taken from Committee business, highlighting key contributors and allowing evidence to be shared directly with followers.
17 such clips were shared on Twitter which accrued 17,000 views. 6 of these clips were al...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2021
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Legacy Report - Session 5 - Increasing Scotland’s climate resilience
Opportunities for future influence and work may include:
Scrutinising progress reports on the second Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (due May 2021) and taking into account the CCC Evidence Report due in 2021 when undertaking work on climate adaptation and resilience;
Scrutinising SCCAP3 due for publication in 2024;
Considering how work on suppl...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 March 2021
Police Scotland’s use of remote piloted aircraft systems and body worn video cameras - Conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations
The Sub-Committee agrees with the Law Society of Scotland’s proposal that, if Police Scotland is to increase its use of drones and body worn video cameras, there needs to be a clear framework in place that sets out the hierarchy of use, the authorisation process, as well as the necessary monitoring, evaluation and accountability to the public. This framework should be informed by information gathered from the evaluations of both technologies.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 March 2021
Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equalities and human rights - Conclusion
This will have impacted negatively on BME employees’ confidence that their employer has taken their risk factors fully into account.
The Scottish Government issued Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on individual risk assessment for the workplace in September 2020.
