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SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 September 2020
Trade Agreements and their Potential Impact on Environmental Protection - Executive Summary
It then provides an analysis of Scotland's position in the context of emerging UK post-Brexit trade agreements, taking into account the devolved context.
Section 2 explains the functions of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and bilateral or multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs)
Section 3 outlines how different types of environmental protection measures...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 June 2020
Local Government Finance: Facts and Figures 2013-14 to 2020-21 - The impact of COVID-19 on Local Government funding
The impact of COVID-19 on Local Government funding
This briefing does not take into account the allocation of additional funding for local authorities in 2020-21 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2020
Annual Report 2019/20 - Key audit themes
In September 2019, the Committee published its report, Key audit themes, which reviewed the audit reports that it had considered since the beginning of the session and highlighted the key themes that continued to arise in its audit scrutiny: governance and accountability; managing ICT projects, leadership and workforce capacity and data collection and outco...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2020
Stage 1 report on the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers)(Scotland) Bill - Wildlife Crime in Scotland: 2018 Annual Report
Recorded bird of prey cases more than doubled, from 11 in 2016-17 to 24 in 2017-18, with one incident accounting for almost half of this number.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2020
Report on Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 Subordinate Legislation - Background
As their fuel bills will be higher, these regulations ensure that these additional costs are taken into account when calculating whether these households are in fuel poverty.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 January 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill - Committee view on electoral wards and the number of councillors
It will allow the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland greater flexibility to take account of local circumstances when proposing ward boundaries.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Consumer Scotland Bill - What this briefing does
The Bill's provisions would establish Consumer Scotland as a body which:
is accountable to the Scottish Parliament;
must use its powers in a collaborative way;
must specifically consider the needs of vulnerable consumers;
has powers to require certain bodies to provide information.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 March 2019
Transitions of young people with service and care needs between child and adult services in Scotland - Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
Services should be integrated from the point of view of service users and take account of their needs, rights, dignity and participation in the community.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 December 2018
Scottish Budget 2019-20 - Revenue financing and the 5% cap
Based on current plans and taking these changes into account, the Scottish Government estimates that it will spend 3.2% of its resource budget on these repayments in 2019-20.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 December 2018
Pro-Poor or Pro-Rich? The social impact of local government budgets, 2016-17 to 2018-19 - Policy commitments and ring-fencing
Data from the Local Government Finance Circulars on ring-fenced grants for 2018-19 accounted for 3% of councils' expenditure in these service areas.
