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SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 March 2020
Issue 2: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - March 2020 - Secretary of State for Scotland's evidence to the European Committee
Secretary of State for Scotland's evidence to the European Committee
On 5 March, the UK Government's Secretary for State for Scotland, Alistair Jack MP attended the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 March 2020
Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill - What exactly are defamation and verbal injury?
The Scottish Law Commission's Discussion emphasises this point stating that:
There seems little to be gained by opting for an action for verbal injury rather than defamation as the pursuer in a defamation action has the benefit of the presumptions of malice and falsity.
Scottish Law Commission. (2016, March). Discussion Paper on Defamation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 February 2020
Local Government Finance: Budget 2020-21 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Our approach
Individual allocations to local authorities are compared to the local government finance circular published in March 2019, which accompanied the Local Government Finance Order.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2020
Scottish Budget 2020-21 - Financial Transactions
The first repayment to HM Treasury of £51 million was scheduled for repayment by March 2020.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2020
Scottish Budget 2020-21 - Social security forecasts
Partly this is due to the lack of clarity about any changes to UK policy which could be announced in March 2020 and the detail for any proposed changes in policy from the Scottish Government following the transfer of executive competence to the Scottish Parliament in April 2020.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 January 2020
Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3 - Scottish Government response
The Non-Domestic Rates (Day Nursery Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 provide that premises wholly or mainly used as day nurseries – whether in the private, public or third sector - are exempt from paying rates for the period 1 April 2018 until 31 March 2021. All sectors are therefore treated equitably.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 November 2019
Pre-budget scrutiny 2020-21 - SE Annual Report performance metrics
The majority of this (£1.6m) relates to income attributable to the sale of investments made from financial transactions funding and which was subsequently returned to the Scottish Government.iSE Annual Report and Accounts, year ending 31 March 2019
During 2018/19 there were 46 ‘claims wavered or abandoned’, loans to companies or equity arrangements that wer...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 October 2019
Scottish social security benefits - When an application for best start grant can be made
Table 7: Application windows for the BSG paymentsTime of yearAge of childApplication windowPregnancy and babyno restriction24th week pregnancy to 6 months9 1/2 monthsPregnancy and baby (kinship care or similar)no restrictionup to 1 year12 monthsEarly learningno restrictionaged 2 to 3 1/2 18 monthsSchool age (March to December birthdays)between June and Feb...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 October 2019
Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill - Free provision and Period Poverty Taskforce
Free provision and Period Poverty Taskforce
NHS England, in its standard contract with hospitals for 2019-20, mandated that all women and girls being cared for by the NHS will be given, on request, appropriate sanitary products free of charge.1NHS England. (2019, March 12). The NHS in England will offer free tampons and other sanitary products to every hos...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 August 2019
The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill - The Bill
The Bichard Report, following the Soham murders on 4 August 2002, and the Cullen Inquiry that followed the Dunblane massacre on 13 March 1996, both highlighted the importance of managing better what is known about individuals who are of interest to the police and about whom there are valid safeguarding concerns.
