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Committee reports
Date published:
29 May 2024
Annual Report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee for 2023-24 - Suicide Prevention in Scotland
The focus of the inquiry is to:
Scrutinise the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, its anticipated outcomes and progress to date
Assess to what degree budget allocation to the Strategy and Action Plan are sufficient, and to what degree budget allocations in other areas of Government will assist or hinder its delivery
Establish to what degree the unequal distribution of deaths from suicide across different population groups are being accounted...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2024
Sport in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation, Governance, Policy and Funding - Active Schools
Key points include:
Over 269,000 children and young people attended Active Schools activities throughout the 2022/23 academic year, accounting for 38% of the school roll.
Almost 18,000 people, 90% of which were volunteers delivered almost 247,000 Active Schools sessions.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 April 2024
Scottish Leids Bill - The Role o Bòrd na Gàidhlig
On 13 December 2019, Audit Scotland furthset a report unner Section 22 o the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 on the performance o the Bòrd.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 April 2024
Stage 1 report on the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill - Committee approach to scrutiny
The Committee took formal evidence on the Bill at meetings on 5, 12 and 19 March 2024 and heard from representatives of COSLA, The Mineral Products Association Scotland (MPA Scotland), the Scottish Environmental Services Association (SESA), the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), the Law Society...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Definitions used in Section 14A
This meant waste statistics could be portrayed publicly in a way that did not take into account any contextual factors or considerations behind these numbers.iiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2024
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 20 February 2024 - Annex
It is considered urgent to close this loophole while also maintaining some limited time for XL Bully dog owners to be ready for the new safeguards as well as the need for accountability to Parliament. The date of Friday 23 February 2024 has been chosen to balance these competing needs.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2024
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Scottish Parliamentary Service staff pay
meetingId=15649</a> that the Scottish SPS staffing budget “maintains the staffing baseline agreed in 2022-23 with the 2024-25 uprated to take account of anticipated inflationary wage pressures [and] we have also reflected revised increased pension contribution rates within our costs for 2024-25”.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2024
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Penalties for the offences
Note though that these are the maximum fines that can be levied. The courts will take into account the specific circumstances of a case before setting the fine.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Debt Advice and Information Package (DAIP)
ICAS wished to see alternative communication channels explored, including flexible online options.1The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. (2023, July). Submission to the Call for Views.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 January 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25 - Participation
As we've noted previously, the Scottish Government has implied previously that the appropriate point for stakeholders and citizens to engage in the budget is during committee scrutiny, but the detail on both accountability and transparency does not suggest that the Scottish Government is willing to make changes to facilitate and encourage this.
