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SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 September 2025
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill - Vicarious liability (section 4)
The Policy Memorandum for the Bill states that this provision "will assist to ensure that those who benefit from offending behaviour are held accountable".
It is worth noting therefore that a person could be held liable for ecocide under the Bill (in addition to under section 1 directly) as:
The "responsible individual", where the relevant organisation has ...
Committees
Last updated:
26 August 2025
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
The Commissioner will be appointed by and accountable to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body but will be independent from Government.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 July 2025
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Stage 2 proceedings
The Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan MSP, attended the first meetings, with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, attending the latter meetings
The following sections of this briefing are not an exhaustive account of the changes to the Bill or the debates at Stage 2.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 July 2025
Inquiry Into Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship - Means-testing arrangements for Advice and Assistance versus Civil Legal Aid
It explained that discretion cannot be applied to the test for Advice and Assistance the way it can for Civil Legal Aid, and that outgoings cannot be taken into account in an individualised way, due to a difference in statutory structures.The Social Justice and Social Security Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 June 2025
Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament in Session 6: A Strategic Priority - Outcomes
In that regard, it is perhaps an example of how post-legislative scrutiny can sometimes play a more positive role rather than simply being about finding errors and holding the executive to account, although that is undoubtedly part of its role.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 May 2025
The right to know: freedom of information in Scotland - Format of response to information request
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/contents [accessed 1 October 2024] If they do accommodate the information requester's preferences, they can take account of any associated costs when considering fees and charging under FOISA.4Scottish Information Commissioner. (2023).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 April 2025
Stage 1 report: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill - Suffering
This argument was often supported in written evidence by personal accounts of having watched a loved one die.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 April 2025
Affordable Housing Supply Programme - Resource Planning Assumptions
The Strategic Housing Investment Framework formula takes into account four indicators: affordability, deprivation, rurality and homelessness.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 October 2024
Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
The Member estimates that the costs of the Bill after two years of operation would be between £20.4 million and £33.9 million in 2024-25 prices (i.e. not accounting for inflation).
The Member chose not to include additional staffing costs in its calculations but this was discussed in the FM.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 September 2024
Scotland's exports - policy and statistics - Wholesale and retail trade
In 2021 wholesale and retail trade exports accounted for:
15% of services exports to international destinations
20% of services exports to the EU
10% of service exports to non-EU destinations
25% of services exports to the rest of the UK
Figure 15: Wholesale and retail service exports, 2021Export Statistics Scotland 2021Overall, the value of exports increas...
