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Committee reports
Date published:
29 April 2024
Stage 1 report on the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/parliament-rules-and-guidance/standing-orders, a financial memorandum (FM) was published alongside the Bill, setting out best estimates of the costs and changes to revenue associated with the Bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2024
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Children's hearings system: victims
Information could also be withheld where it was deemed not to be in the best interests of the child. The Minister stated amendments 13 and 15 address these issues.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 March 2024
Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill - Objective 1 - sustainable and regenerative agriculture
Instead, farmers and crofters decide the best approaches to achieve desired outcomes.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Annexe C - Themes discussed on visits
Funding and investment
The funding landscape can be tricky to navigate;
Access to advice and support for applying for funding can vary;
Short term grants can be welcome but do not allow longer term resource planning;
Funding constraints can often mean a difficult trade-off for organisations between social goods and maintaining financial stability;
Investment can come from national and local resources, but also individual investors and philanthropists; and
Investment to grow circular activities and initiatives could lead to transformational impacts for economy and society.
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News
Published:
23 November 2023
Scottish Government must "supercharge" efforts to tackle child poverty
Bob Doris MSP, speaking on behalf of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee, said:
“In Best Start, Bright Futures, the Scottish Government said that parental employment is a key driver to meet the statutory targets to address child poverty.
News
Published:
22 November 2023
Holyrood Committee to visit the SRUC Hill and Mountain Research Centre in Crianlarich
“It’s crucial that we understand what farmers need to see in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill to best support their farms and help them provide for a just transition.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland - Impact on children
However, he recognised that the situation was “far from ideal” but that it was about “doing the best we can to provide the environment that a child needs – a hotel clearly is not that"3Scottish Parliament. (2023, May 16).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 October 2023
Mobile (Park) Homes - Other UK nations reviews of commission on sale of home
This was followed by a further consultation on how best to implement the commission rate reduction.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 September 2023
The effectiveness of creative enterprise policies: What programmes work? - Evaluating creative enterprise policy
The costs of conducting rigorous evaluation can be prohibitive. Especially for ‘best practice’ methodologies such as longitudinal randomised control trials1Bakhshi, H., Edwards, J., Roper, S., Scully, J., Shaw, D., Morley, L., … Rathbone, N. (2013).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2023
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Topical areas (not directly included in the Bill) - single-use vapes
The review provided a shortlist of nine policy options considered to best meet the aims of improving management and safe recycling of SU-ecigs and reducing their undesirable impacts:
Policy Option 1: Setting design criteria for e-cigarettes.
