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SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Electoral reform in Scotland and the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Part 9: Electoral Management Board for Scotland
A key example would be the contract for electronically counting votes cast at local government elections, where the Scottish Government tenders the contract and officials take on the accountable officer roles. This is an exercise that the EMB with a legal personality could manage in future.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2023
A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland - Annexe C - Themes discussed at engagement events
Such restrictions can have a negative impact on mental health
There should be freight-only services to free up space on passenger ferries
Tourists to be welcomed and valued, but has to be balanced against local need to travel on lifeline services
Operators should understand the purpose of travel of people and goods
Priority should be given to people depending on resident status or reason for travel
Penalties should be applied for business no-shows
Lack of capacity for disabled travellers, which was linked to poor accessibility in general
Sustainability
There was support for sustainable and fuel efficient systems, providing this was not at the expense of better services
In the long-term, ferries with sustainable propulsion systems were sought including electric and hydrogen
Supporting infrastructure should also be sustainable (loading vehicles were example provided)
Should be able to lease electric vehicles to travel on an island to reduce need to bring own vehicles and to promote sustainable travel
The carbon considerations of ferries need to take into account...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Patient safety, governance and regulation in Scotland
In Scotland, there are extensive systems and structures for ensuring good clinical governance in the NHSiClinical governance refers to processes of accountability by which the quality of healthcare is monitored and assured..
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2022
Subordinate Legislation considered by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 15 December 2022
Responding to these points, EAS stated the universal £50 payment does not take into account geographic inequalities or the varied circumstances people face regarding the energy efficiency of their homes.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2022
Subordinate Legislation considered by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 15 December 2022 - The Winter Heating Assistance (Low Income) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
Responding to these points, EAS stated the universal £50 payment does not take into account geographic inequalities or the varied circumstances people face regarding the energy efficiency of their homes.
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
UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations: Fisheries - 7. Relationship between a Future UK-EU Fisheries Agreement and a Future UK-EU Free Trade Agreement
Non-UK EU vessels accounted for 49% of landings by weight and 41% by value.
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.”
