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Committee reports Date published: 11 October 2022

Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Procurement Bill - Annex: additional delegated powers in the Bill

Annex: additional delegated powers in the Bill Clauses:PowerClause 6 Defence and Security ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations specifying that a contracting authority is a defence authority.Clause 8 Light Touch ContractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority (minister of the Crown, Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland Department) to make regulations specifying which categories of contract can benefit from “light touch” provisions.Clause 12 The national procurement policy statementConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to publish a National Procurement Policy Statement and creates an obligation for contracting authorities to have regard to that NPPS.Clause 33 Reserving Contracts to Public Service MutualsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to specify the services which contracting authorities can reserve certain contracts to be bid for by public service mutuals.Clause 41 Direct Award to Protect Life etcConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations that certain contracts, or classes of contracts, can be procured without running a competition (direct award) when they are necessary to protect life.Clause 50 Key Performance IndicatorsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations setting the KPI’s in certain public contracts to measure contract performance.Clause 51 Contract Detail Notices and Publication of ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland Department to make regulations to amend the financial threshold for the purposes of contract publication.Clause 61 Debarment Decisions: AppealsConfers a power on a Minster of the Crown to make regulations providing for a statutory appeal mechanism for suppliers to appeal debarment decisions.Clause 62 Electronic Invoicing: Implied TermConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to amend the requirements of an electronic invoice.Clause 63 Implied Payment Terms in Public ContractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to amend the 30 day payment period.Clause 64 Payments Compliance NoticesConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations setting out the form and content of a payment’s compliance notice.Clause 65 Information about payments under public contractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations amending the financial threshold or period of time for publication of certain public contracts that meet the financial threshold when payment is made.Clause 70 Contract Change Notices and Publication of ModificationsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the financial threshold over which a contracting authority has to publish a contract change notice.Clause 78 Regulated Below-threshold ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the financial threshold to take account...
Committees Published: 17 February 2022

Workplace Parking Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2022

Local authorities serve their local communities and their decisions will be underpinned by local democratic accountability. The decision on the appropriate level of licence charge is a matter of local authority discretion and accountability.
Committees Published: 8 June 2021

Scottish Government submission of 8 June 2021

The new Democracy Matters material describes a scenario where people are able to come together in their communities to create new autonomous and democratically accountable decision-making bodies which can take full responsibility for a range of public services.
SPICe briefings Date published: 21 April 2020
SPICe briefings Date published: 9 January 2020

Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit - The role of EU environmental law principles in future policy making

The statement may furthermore explain "how Ministers of the Crown, when interpreting and applying the environmental principles, should take into account other considerations relevant to their policy.”
Committee reports Date published: 26 November 2019

Secure care and prison places for children and young people in Scotland - The current contractual model

In terms of weaknesses however, a single contract took time to negotiate and responding to local needs need to be taken account of. In Scotland Excel's view, one further weakness of the current contractual model is that going to market to put in place a service on a non-commitment basis makes it difficult for the Scottish Government to identify a national s...
Committee reports Date published: 6 February 2019

Social Security and In-Work Poverty - Universal Credit and self-employed claimants

The rules mean some earnings or losses are carried forward and taken in to account in future income assessments. As a result, UC monthly payments can be reduced for up to six months following a higher earnings month.
Committee reports Date published: 27 November 2018

Salmon farming in Scotland - Strategic overview of salmon farm development

RECOMMENDATION 52 The Committee acknowledges the role of planning authorities in considering and deciding on planning applications for salmon farms, taking into account a range of social, economic and environmental factors.
SPICe briefings Date published: 4 September 2018

The Health and Care (Staffing)(Scotland) Bill - Introduction

That said, respondents did think that the legislation should take full account of health and social care integration.
Committee reports Date published: 12 July 2018

What support works? Inquiry into attainment and achievement of school children experiencing poverty - Hunger

The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government review its current policies for funding free food in schools, taking into account evaluations of the outcomes achieved by expanded free provision of food at local authority and school levels.

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