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SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 July 2020
Issue 11: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations - ECCLR committee report on legislative consent for the UK Environment Bill
The Scottish Parliament, as the Bill is currently drafted and if enacted, would have limited scope to influence decisions on devolved policy, scrutinise relevant legislation and its implementation and, therefore, effectively hold Scottish Ministers to account.
The reports states:
There is no equivalent of the LCM process/Sewel Convention for subordinate leg...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2020
Legislative Consent Memorandum - UK Environment Bill - Shared or Concurrent Powers
As previously stated, however, the Committee believes that decisions about environmental policy in Scotland should be made in the Scottish Parliament, by members of the Scottish Parliament, to whom Scottish Ministers are accountable.
The Committee considers the Scottish Government has not yet provided a sufficient level of detail about the circumstances in...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 June 2020
Issue 10: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations - Scottish Government reaction
Scottish Government reaction
The Scottish Government has made a number of calls for the transition period to be extended, both to allow time for a future relationship agreement to be negotiated and to take account of the impact of COVID-19. These calls have all been rejected by the UK Government.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 May 2020
The UK Environment Bill - Stakeholder reactions
Independence of funding:
The RSPB have said that given the OEP's budget will be largely controlled by the Government, this raises concerns about its ability to hold it to account. Greener UK and Wildlife and Countryside LINK welcomed the UK Government's political commitment to provide the OEP with a five-year budget, but said this should be put in the Bill....
Committee reports
Date published:
19 May 2020
Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - What is covered by the Act
The Committee notes suggestions raised in evidence that tools such as WhatsApp messages and texts were being used for official business along with concerns about the use of private email accounts by Ministers. While there appeared to be no dispute that such information is covered by FOISA, the Committee considers that there may be merit in the legislation b...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2020
The Living Wage: facts and figures 2020 - What size of employers have received accreditation?
The latest figures show that:
Ninety nine point three percent of private sector business in Scotland are small or medium and account for 55.4% of private sector employment.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2020
Scottish Budget 2020-21 - Social security forecasts
As the Scottish Government develop policy proposals for these replacements for existing UK benefits, the SFC will update their forecasts to account for any differences in the policy as far as they impact expected costs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 January 2020
The revised (European Union) Withdrawal Agreement Bill - Implications for Scotland - What does the Bill propose?
In the Legislative Consent Memorandum, the Scottish Government commented on the proposed speed with which the Bill will be considered:
In its ruling on R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent), and Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland19), concerning the purported prorogation of the UK Parliament, the Supreme Court made clear the importance of parliamentary scrutiny and the accountability...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2019
Code of Conduct for MSPs - proposed revisions to implement the recommendations contained in the Joint Working Group's Report on Sexual Harassment and Sexist Behaviour - Excluded complaints
The JWG report stated:
“As the Code is currently written, it does not take account of the variety of informal options that will be open to people under our policy and instead prescribes a particular route a complaint should take.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 November 2019
The Children (Scotland) Bill - What the Bill does - a quick summary
Statutory factors: sections 1 and 12 would restate, and add to, the statutory factors the court must take into account when deciding an individual case.
