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SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 November 2018
The UK's Departure from the European Union - An overview of the Political Declaration - Foreign Policy, Security and Defence
Sanctions: the UK and EU will have separate sanctions policies, but there is a recognition that sanctions work best as a multilateral foreign policy tool and tend to be most effective when used in a co-ordinated manner.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 October 2018
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Taking evidence by commissioner
The policy memorandum argues that, whilst there should not be a legal barrier to pre-indictment commissions in appropriate cases:
in the short to medium term it is considered that applications for evidence by commissioner in advance of the indictment are likely to be rare as it is only at the point at which an indictment is served that it will become clear what requires to be proven in a specific case. It is unlikely to be in the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 July 2018
Bank closures: impact on local businesses, consumers and the Scottish economy - Bank closures
does not object to the principle of bank branch closures, 'it has to be a commercial decision,' Thomas Docherty highlighted the scale of closures and the impact on older and more vulnerable customers; he questioned how the needs of those who are not using online services are being met.viEJFW Committee, Official Report, 12 June 2018, col 4 Pete Cheema of the Scottish Grocers Federation and many others told us that the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2018
The Governance of the NHS in Scotland - ensuring delivery of the best healthcare for Scotland - Regionalisation
Christine McLaughlin of the Scottish Government told the Committee “The introduction of the regional collaborative planning and delivery has not taken away the governance structures in place […]”
She went on to explain “The regional structures plan those services that can best co-operate with one another to deliver a better service for patients regionally.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 June 2018
An Inquiry into the Use of Remand in Scotland - Release from remand
We are linking with other organisations and agencies that pass through the boundary between prisons and the community to try as best we can to provide wrap-around services for people who pass in and out of the custody continuum—for some people, that is what it is.ivOfficial Report, 20 March, col. 16
However, Elaine Stalker of Families Outside argued that mo...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2018
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill - Compliance and enforcement
Some instances of non-compliance should be seen as an opportunity to work more closely with the monitored person, recognising individual life circumstances and preventing every potential non-compliance instance being returned to decision makers. How compliance is best supported should be explored as part of the aforementioned demonstration project.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2018
Air Quality in Scotland Inquiry - Conclusions
The Committee notes that in the Netherlands, regarded as one of the best countries in Europe for cycling, 27% of all journeys are made by bikeiCentre for Public Impact (2016) The rise of cycling in the urban areas of The Netherlands., while that figure rises to 36% in Amsterdam.iiCity of Amsterdam (2017) Amsterdam Long-term Bicycle Plan 2017 – 2022.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 February 2018
A Guide to Gross Value Added (GVA) in Scotland - Current GVA snapshot
Relative to UK GVA per head, Scotland was the best performing region outside of London and the South East.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 February 2018
A Guide to Gross Value Added (GVA) in Scotland - Data sources
The ONS Statistical Bulletin states that the balanced GVA estimates have:
been produced using a ground-breaking method. To the best of our knowledge nobody has ever done this before, using weighted quality metrics to inform an automated balancing process.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 February 2018
Technology and innovation in health and social care - Single platform
r=11182&c=2037272We agree the best way forward for data sharing is through a single platform, or spine, for data that other systems connect into and we note witnesses and the Scottish Government are in agreement.
