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SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 August 2017
Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Legislative approach to devolved social security
Instead of scrutinising the benefit rules once, when they are made in primary legislation, Parliament will scrutinise the enabling framework in the bill [...] then the detailed benefit rules in each set of regulations, then any changes to these rules.
para 12 Social Security (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] Policy Memorandum, SP Bill 18-PM. (2017).
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Criteria for entering a mental health moratorium
The Policy Memorandum states that the mental health moratorium will allow protection for "a specific group of debtors, being those struggling with problem debt and serious mental health issues."1Scottish Government. (2023, April 27). Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill Policy Memorandum. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/bankruptcy-and-diligence-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/bankruptcy-and-diligence-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf</a>
The Mental Health Moratorium Working Group agreed that the entry criteria should be linked to sections in the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, meaning those who are subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order (CTO) would be eligible.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 March 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill - Marketing standards
r=12441&c=2227695A number of organisations submitting evidence have noted the exclusion of sheep and pig meat from section 9 of the Bill and, on this subject, the Law Society of Scotland comments:
If there is a desire to include these sectors, it would be preferable for them to be included on the face of the Bill rather than added by regulation at a later stage.4Law Society of Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 September 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - Background and overview of the Bill
The primary difference in the Bill to that proposed by the SLC in its draft Trust (Scotland) Bill, is that it does not include any pension scheme established under a trust in its definition of a trust.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 May 2020
Annual Report of the Health and Sport Committee for 2019-20 - Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill
The Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") was introduced by the Cabinet Secr...
Last updated:
21 November 2019
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Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments (Scotland) Bill – Printing changes made to the Bill As Passed (SP Bill 35B) Session 5, 2019 Printing changes are changes to the text of a Bill...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 December 2018
S5W-20282
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it was made aware of consultation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding whether to raise the internationally-advised minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 from February 2019; whether this was before it published the draft Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill, and what its response is to the consultation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 October 2021
S6W-03146
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish the conclusions and recommendations of its City Centre Recovery taskforce. We will publish the conclusions and recommendations of the City Centre Recovery Task Force this autumn.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 May 2020
The UK Environment Bill - Background to the Bill
Although the 25 Year Plan does not apply to Scotland, it does set out UK Government policy on areas within this Bill that are proposed to be taken forward on a UK-wide basis.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 May 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 21 May 2015
The Scotland Act 1998 places obligations on the Parliament in relation to human rights, but if the Human Rights Act 1998 is repealed and a weaker British bill of rights is introduced at UK level,...
