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Committee reports
Date published:
29 January 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill - Ministerial Response to views on the Draft Fuel Poverty Strategy
We urge the Scottish Government to take account of the views presented by those who gave evidence in this section of the report, particularly on-
how the strategy will take action to address the drivers of fuel poverty in addition to energy efficiency;
how lessons will be learned from previous schemes;
how best practice will be mainstreamed across Scotland;...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 November 2018
Kelp harvesting - Marine licensing
The Act also places a general duty on Scottish Ministers and public authorities, when exercising any function that affects the Scottish marine area, to "act in the way best calculated to further the achievement of sustainable development, including the protection and, where appropriate, enhancement of the health of that area...".
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 November 2018
Kelp harvesting - Protection of kelp
Kelp habitat is also mentioned in the NMP under two further general policies:
GEN 5 Climate change: Marine planners and decision makers must act in the way best calculated to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 October 2018
The UK Agriculture Bill - SECTION 2 - Legislative Consent
The UK Government is not seeking consent from the Scottish Parliament on this Bill as we are not legislating in areas of devolved competence in Scotland.This government has always said that the best way to go about this task would be by cooperation and coordination between governments, in a way that respected the principles of devolutionWe have offered to e...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 October 2018
The UK Agriculture Bill - Not currently in the bill - The Red Meat Levy
It is critical the red meat industry is able to access funds to prepare it best for the opportunities of Brexit and react to inevitable change.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2018
Air Quality in Scotland Inquiry - Introduction
The Strategy outlined 40 'key actions' with a vision for Scotland's air quality "to be the best in Europe."iScottish Government (2015) Cleaner Air for Scotland: The Road to a Healthier Future.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 February 2018
Common UK Frameworks after Brexit - What are ‘common frameworks’ and why are they needed?
Indeed, the very rationale of devolution is to enable policy differentiation in response to local circumstances, and so lessons can be learnt about which approaches work best (as part of a ‘policy laboratory’).2Paun, A., Rutter, J., & Nicholl, A. (2016).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill - The justification for introducing QOCS
In the foreword to that Report, Sheriff Principal Taylor suggested that the risk of an adverse award of expenses could operate to prevent access to justice. He considered that QOCS was the best way to address this problem.1Taylor Review, Foreword iii-iv. (2013, September).
Committee reports
Date published:
2 October 2017
School infrastructure - Transfer of liability
Transfer of liability
As noted above, the Cole Report concluded that the choice of procurement method would not necessarily in and of itself contribute to faulty construction. The issue was that best practice was not universally adopted as public bodies began using PPP.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2017
Post-legislative scrutiny of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 - Enforcement
There could be a more protracted process before the local authority eventually undertook the work. My instinct was that the best way to ensure compliance was to say that if people do not comply with notices, the authority will do the work and the person will pay the local authority for that, which might cost more than it would have cost to do it themselves....
