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SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 May 2020
The European Union's response to COVID-19 - Context - shared EU and member state competence
The legislation provides a legal basis for the following EU actions to counter pandemics and serious cross-border threats by:
Strengthening preparedness planning capacity at EU level by reinforcing co-ordination and best practice and information sharing on national preparedness planning.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 May 2020
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 5 May 2020
While the preconditions need to be met in order for the instrument to be within vires, they are matters that the lead committee, with its policy expertise in this area, would be best placed to consider.
The Committee therefore wishes to draw these preconditions to the attention of the lead committee, the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, so that it ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2020
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill - Children and young people
Children 1st highlighted the principle, as enshrined in Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), that the best interests of the child must be the priority in all decisions and actions that affect children.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 December 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Consumer Scotland Bill - Consumer
Graham Wynn of the British Retail Consortium felt that "businesses and consumers are best kept separate or you will divert attention from one to the other and the situation becomes less clear."
Committee reports
Date published:
1 December 2019
Pre-budget scrutiny of the Scottish Government's draft budget 2020/21: justice and policing - Home Detention Curfews
You might say that it is absolutely right that, in public service, there is such accountability and, to a degree, that is the case, but individual decision makers, who must take into account lots of different information from different sources, different contributors and different professions, are always in the position of making the best judgment possible ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 October 2019
Competition policy - Brexit and the exercise of devolved powers (republished) - Weaknesses in the Joint Ministerial Committee approach
The political nature of the JMC - and the fact that meetings are held irregularly - may mean it is not the best forum for these sorts of discussions3McEwan and Petersohn, . (2015).
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2019
Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland - Age diversity
Future priority areas that we would like to have a closer look at include investment in the older workforce.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 26 February 2019, col 30
The CITB also acknowledged that the funding structure could act as a barrier for older learners:
The reality is that it is not attractive for, say, a 25-year-old to enter construction on an apprenticeship wage rate, and we are keen to explore what more can be done to make that an attractive proposition for older individuals.iiEEFW Committee, Official Report, 26 February 2019, col 56
Elliot Ruthven, an adult apprentice studying plastering at Edinburgh College acknowledged that balancing outgoings with the apprenticeship wage was sometimes challenging:
I have to pay my rent, my council tax and my bills, pay for my car, and still have to pay for the normal amenities, so if I do not get a little bonus every week or two weeks, covering my bills can be a bit of a stretch, given that I am on what is, basically, the minimum wage.iiiEEFW Committee, Official Report, 5 March 2019, col 10
With regard to training and retraining older workers, SDS said that improvements were already being made:
It is current Government policy to give young people the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2019
Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland - Diversity in the workplace
With low unemployment, we were told different sectors are competing to attract the best talent.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 5 March 2019, col 30 Hew Edgar from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland (RICSS) told us:
One of the weaknesses in the sector is the lack of talent coming through the pipeline, and we are concerned about the st...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 May 2019
Annual Report of the Health and Sport Committee for 2018/2019 - NHS Governance - Creating a Culture of Improvement
The Scottish ParliamentOur Report "The Governance of the NHS in Scotland - ensuring delivery of the best healthcare for Scotland" was published on 2 July 2018.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Call for views
Among the key points made by organisations and individuals in support of the Bill were:
Physical punishment of children is not acceptable
Retention of the defence of reasonable chastisement is contrary to Scotland's commitment to human rights and ambition to be the best place for a child to grow up
At present adults and children do not have equal protecti...
