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SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Trees, forests and hedges - some frequently asked questions - What are the rules on planning and trees?
Given that NPF4 was formally adopted on 13 February 2023 and that any new or revised local development plan must take into account its contents, policy conflicts are unlikely to arise.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 September 2023
Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Opportunity for local exemptions
For others, that will not have to be taken into account. Ministers decided that it was best not to include that in the bill but to pick it up in guidance, with the backstop of introducing regulations if necessary, depending on how things turn out with the guidance, and on what practice looks like in different local authorities.3Scottish Parliament. (2023, J...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2023
A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland - Political leadership
Political leadership
Throughout this inquiry, there has been frequent reference to the importance of having visible leadership and strategic long-term thinking and planning on ferry services.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 28 June 2022, Col 6, Official Report, 8 November 2022, Col 7 Regardless of current complex arrangements, widely perceived as a barrier to accountability, ultimate responsibility for Scotland's ferry services rests with the Scottish Government, through the Minister for Transport, reporting to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition
Jenny Gilruth MSP was the Minister for Transport for most of this inquiry and was appointed to that role in January 2022.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 May 2023
Stage 1 report on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill from the Criminal Justice Committee - Secure care or a YOI?
Additionally though, we note the calls from others that age alone should not be the only factor to be taken into account when making such decisions and that more individualised assessments were needed, with scope for flexibility.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Strategic planning
In its submission, the Equality and Human Rights Commission stated:
In the interests of accountability and openness, and of both being and being seen to be the ‘new voice … from the perspective of the patient’ envisaged by the Cumberledge Review, we recommend that the Commissioner explicitly apply concepts of co-production to the design of its initial goals...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Energy Bill - Legislative consent
The Scottish Government lodged a Legislative Consent Memorandum ("LCM") on 28 September 2022. To take account of amendments to the Bill which were made at Committee Stage in the House of Lords, the Scottish Government lodged a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on 25 January 2023.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2022
Budget 2023-24 - Capital and infrastructure
Figure 18: Total capital budget, 2023-24Scottish GovernmentWhen all sources of capital funding are taken into account, the total capital budget is flat in cash terms.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2022
Budget 2023-24 - Changes to the “core” revenue allocation
Acknowledging the Government’s claim of a cash increase for local government, COSLA calculates that, in their view, the actual cash increase will be a much smaller £71 million once the costs of previous policy commitments are accounted for. Arguing that real-terms cuts to councils’ budgets will impact the most vulnerable in society and damage the local gove...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2022
Budget 2023-24 - Transparency
Annex A of the statement gives detail specifically on the equalities budgeting process, and Annex D sets out where specific funding within portfolio areas support equities and human rights.
A lack of consistency (see Accountability and EFBS sections), has meant that SPICe cannot reliably create a tabular interpretation of the figures in Annex D to better un...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2022
Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2021-22 - Annex C - SI Protocol 2
Its purpose was to enable the Scottish Parliament to hold the Scottish Ministers to account for their decisions on whether or not to consent to UK Ministers making such legislation.
