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Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Children's rights
There naturally exists an imbalance of power in adult/child relationships, and as a result it is critical that children are provided with as much protection in law as possible.Official Report, 7 March, col. 2
The Minister for Children and Young People said, “removing the defence of reasonable chastisement is absolutely in line with international treaties, our obligations, and international best practice.”Official Report, 28 March, col. 5
Jean Miller, Education Institute Scotland (EIS), spoke of measures to promote children’s rights in other areas, such as rights-respecting schools, and UNICEF’s position that children and young people have the right to be heard.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2019
Report on post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 - The Police Service of Scotland - Autonomy
Chief Constable Iain Livingstone confirmed that he would like to see greater local scrutiny of policing by local elected members and others, and confirmed his intention to increase the delegation and autonomy of the local area commanders, stating that:
I would like, as best I can, to devolve greater financial autonomy so that local commanders can find crea...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Business Support - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
During evidence, Andrew Dickson of Business Loans Scotland said:
With a lack of available ERDF funding, there will be a reduction in the resources that are available to business support services… If the ERDF funding is not replaced, there will have to be a reduction in the level of service and resources that are available for business support programmes.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 27 November 2018, col 10
Professor McEwan of Elevator agreed that:
At best...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2019
Business Support - The Irish model
The DBEI told us that having central accountability by Enterprise Ireland has improved networking and sharing of best practice between local authorities.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Concerns about the rule requiring pre-recording
It is also expected that capturing the 'best' evidence of the child is in the wider interests of justice.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Views on the Barnahus principles
We strongly advocate moving at speed to deliver a child’s house model, which will elicit best justice for children and accused, but which will also save us all in the long term, because it builds in support for the child to recover from the impact of trauma.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
Getting Rights Right: Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament - Balancing rights
She suggested, similar to legal tests, Parliamentarians could develop an approach based on proportionality or reasonableness.iOfficial Report, 29 March 2018, col 16 She suggested Parliamentarians could look at evidence of how seriously a measure would affect someone’s rights in practice; how much this change would impact on other people or the public interest; and whether there were less intrusive ways to solve a problem.
Dr Boyle said that the best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 November 2018
The UK's Departure from the European Union - An overview of the Withdrawal Agreement - Public Procurement
The procurement policy landscape in Scotland is based on the “Scottish Model of Procurement”, which is focussed `on “the best balance of cost, quality and sustainability”.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2018
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - "Place of safety"
We believe therefore that the policy aim of keeping children safe following an incident of harmful behaviour would be best achieved via the existing child protection framework.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 November 2018
The Human Tissue (Authorisation)(Scotland) Bill - Spain
As a consequence, the Spanish legal system interpreted the decree to mean that the best way to establish the potential donor's wishes was to ask the family.
