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Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2019
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal for 2019/20 - Staffing
The Chair of the Board of Audit Scotland, Ian Leitch also commented that—
Quality is one of our key issues.... we are particularly keen that the public audit model in Scotland is the best that it can possibly be. That is why we have gone to all this trouble and why we are concerned to make sure that we have the team to monitor it and that we have the indepe...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 January 2019
Scottish Government infrastructure investment - Informed decision-making
However, in their assessment of current infrastructure, no sector was considered to have infrastructure provision that was “fit for the future”. The best performing sectors were strategic transport and water, which were assessed as “adequate for now”.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
Getting Rights Right: Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament - Availability of human rights information to inform parliamentary scrutiny
We found the treatment of human rights in policy memorandums was variable, both in the scope of the human rights material provided and the level of detail. Best examples referred to the international human rights framework, as well as ECHR, and included discussion of General Comments that explain the monitoring bodies’ interpretation of the specific article...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 November 2018
The UK's Departure from the European Union - An overview of the Withdrawal Agreement - Level Playing Field issues including environmental and labour standards
The UK shall implement an equivalent of the EU Emissions Trading System.The JC will have the power to set minimum commitments in three areas:the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants
the maximum sulphur content of marine fuels
those best available techniques, including emission limit values, in relation to industrial emissions
T...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2018
Private Renting Reforms: how to evidence the impact of legislation - Monitoring the tenancy deposit schemes
Retrieved from <a href="https://safedepositsscotland.com/blog/2017/10/03/We-dig-deeper-into-unclaimed-deposits/" target="_blank">https://safedepositsscotland.com/blog/2017/10/03/We-dig-deeper-into-unclaimed-deposits/</a> [accessed 12 September 2018]
To get a more complete understanding of tenant and landlord behaviour, we need to ask more specific questions, the answers to which are probably best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2018
Private Renting Reforms: how to evidence the impact of legislation - Current Private Rented Sector Data
Current Private Rented Sector Data
The best quality information on the PRS comes from data drawn from large scale national surveys.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 August 2018
The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Advice from the Committee on Climate Change
It also recommended that:
[...] the best design of a statutory climate target framework is to assess compliance with targets against a ‘GHG Account’ in the short term, with regular reviews – at least every five years – to ensure that the framework remains based on the scientific evidence.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 July 2018
Risk management in agriculture - Health and Harmony paper, Defra
We propose domestic provision for safety net mechanisms currently provided by the EU Common Market Organisation regulations, which will allow the government to intervene in such crises. We will consider how best to define and respond to these crises in future.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 May 2018
Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill - Training for taking planning decisions
We invite COSLA and the Improvement Service to consider broadening the range of training available to Councillors on planning to include—
best practice in community engagement in planning
equalities and human rights duties
challenges in urban and rural settings
environmental and sustainability duties
If the amendments we recommend are not made then we cons...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2018
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill - Case for reform
To determine what 'support' may comprise of, how it is best delivered and, as far as possible, the associated resource implications, the Working Group recommends that a demonstration project is undertaken.
