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Committee reports
Date published:
25 May 2023
Annual Report of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee 2022-23 - Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
On 1 March 2023, the Committee met informally with individuals from across the third sector as well as those representing accountancy and law firms in order to hear their views on the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 May 2023
Scrutinising social justice: barriers and opportunities - Conclusions and recommendations
Evidence we've gathered has shown that there are issues around accountability and governments, equalities and human rights, data, digital inclusion, homelessness, national emergencies, and poverty and social security.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2022
Budget 2023-24 - Review of the national outcomes
On the link between budgets and outcomes, the Committee concluded that:
The NPF is not currently seen to drive financial decisions nor as a mechanism by which organisations are held to account for spending effectively. Whilst we do not support greater ringfencing of funding we do consider that there needs to be a closer alignment between the NPF and those w...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 June 2022
Hazardous Substances: planning framework - What is the Hazardous Substances framework?
The key restrictions were that the UK Government and devolved governments:
i) were unable to change the definition of what an establishment was (in short, a location where dangerous substances are present in significant quantities);
ii) could not lower standards on what constituted a dangerous substance (i.e. by removing categories of substances or individual substances from the list, or raising the threshold at which the quantity became significant and the establishment fell into scope of the regime);
iii) were required to ensure that the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents for human health and the environment were taken into account...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 April 2022
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s International Work - Funding approach and best value
It encouraged the Scottish Government to prioritise competitive calls and detail the proportion of grants made via a competitive process and those not.Response 604646277 to Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s international work - Scottish Parliament - Citizen Space
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“It is hugely important that the process is predictable, transparent and accountable. Following that approach will deliver the best value for money.”iiiOfficial Report, 13 Jan 2022, Col 20
The Committee invites the Scottish Government to provide a breakdown of its current international development grants in respect of the process followed i.e. competitive and non-competitive, and the rationale for that approach.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 March 2022
The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [draft] - The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [draft]
These duties include:
assessing the impact of new or revised policies or practices on the needs set out in the public sector equality duty;
publishing equality outcomes and reporting on progress on meeting those outcomes;
reporting on mainstreaming equality;
publishing information on the gender pay gap and equal pay;
gathering employee information in relation to protected characteristics and using this information to better perform the public sector equality duty; and
taking account...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 February 2022
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: health, education, public Services and housing - Civic licensing – remote hearings
However, other respondents suggested that there should be some obligation to take into account the views of the parties on the form of hearing, or for parties to be able to challenge a decision.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 February 2022
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Criminal Justice, Courts and Legal Aid - Legal aid and advice
Reasons for not using it included lack of access to administrative or accountancy support, and a general need to be cautious in the management of both finances and future workloads to deal with the impacts of COVID-19.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 December 2021
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Amendment Regulations 2021 - Introduction
They make further consequential amendments to other parts of the Regulations to take account of this new provision.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 November 2021
Miners' Strike (Pardons)(Scotland) Bill 2021 - The miners' strike
The Policy Memorandum to the Bill describes the strike as:
One of the most bitter and divisive industrial disputes in living memory with many contesting memories and accounts of the events that took place.
