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Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - Conclusions and recommendations on contact with siblings
The Committee shares the concerns expressed by some stakeholders that the "practicable" qualification to the duty in section 10 could be used to justify refusing contact for reasons other than the child's best interests. We consider that the focus should be on whether contact is appropriate.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - Alternative sanctions for contempt of court
Other evidence, however, expressed similar concerns to those set out in the Policy Memorandum, namely that imposing sanctions such as unpaid work on a parent may not be in the best interests of the child. Professor Sutherland, for example, suggested that "a lot of the solutions are likely to have a disproportionate impact on people who are already financial...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - What the Bill does
The Scottish Government's view is that delays in court proceedings will usually not be in the best interests of the child. It argues that an express provision in primary legislation "complements" ongoing work by the Scottish Civil Justice Council to reduce delays.1Scottish Government. (2019, September).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2020
The Living Wage: facts and figures 2020 - The Living Wage
The calculation is done by the Resolution Foundation and overseen by the Living Wage Commission, based on the best available evidence on living standards in London and the UK.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 December 2019
Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Protection and support
She explained, “Our experience of intervention is that it is best received when it goes alongside tangible support to people, so the order needs to offer people support as well as protection.”Official Report, 12 September, col. 29-30 Hassan Darasi, Community Infosource, agreedOfficial Report, 12 September, col. 31 while Esther Kamonji, KWISA, highlighted th...
Committee reports
Date published:
5 December 2019
Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Children's Hearings and Children's Panels
He added neither were they seeking additional powers for the reporter to the children’s panel as—
the strengths of the hearings system lie in its focus on the child or young person—their best interests and the paramountcy of their welfare—and a hearing’s ability to make compulsory supervision orders to regulate who has contact with the child and where the c...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 November 2019
The Children (Scotland) Bill - Background
Background
When a court is reaching a decision under section 11 of the 1995 Act, the paramount consideration is the welfare of the child, sometimes referred to as best interests of the child.
The various factors which the courts consider in assessing this were first set out, not in legislation, but in case law, i.e. the law developed by the decisions of j...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 October 2019
Competition policy - the UK framework and the impact of Brexit (republished) - The role of the UK courts as the favoured forum for competition claims
The role of the UK courts as the favoured forum for competition claims
Competition claimants have been able to shop around for the best place to raise legal action
The Brussels Regulation has proven especially beneficial to competition claimants, due to the frequent cross-border nature of competition cases.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 July 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank Stage 1 Report - Costs
In particular he questioned the need for the 40 civil servants and £4 million a year identified by the Implementation Plan to staff the sponsorship unit within the Scottish Government—
“That seemed rather excessive for monitoring a bank that will have only 100 people.”viOR, 7 May, Col 36
Benny Higgins, asked whether the proposed levels of operating costs in the Bank’s first few years were realistic, told us—
We have modelled that on the basis of the nature of the activity and the number of people involved. It is our best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 February 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill - Opinion polls on the physical punishment of children
It asked people to select the statement that best reflect their views, including:
Parental smacking of children should be a criminal offenceiThis Bill does not create a criminal offence. - 14%
Parental smacking of children should not be a criminal offence - 74%
A ban on smacking would lead to better behaviour once those children have grown up - 21%
A ban o...
