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SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 March 2025
Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill - Consultation on the Bill
Some of the issues raised by those who were less supportive of the proposal included:
a lack of current data to point to the need for a new offence
a lack of a need for a new offence given the existing offence of theft
that associated sentences with the existing offence can be higher than those under the proposed new offence
that it will not result in a deterrent effect
that courts currently take account of animal welfare, victim impact and any other relevant considerations when dealing with dog theft cases, including in sentencing.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2025
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Standards and regulation of services
They note that the emphasis on data collection and reporting reflects an important commitment to improving service accountability. Whilst highlighting the valuable insights waiting times and treatment availability provide.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2025
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Drug and alcohol harms and deaths
This is the highest number since 2008. Male deaths continue to account for around two thirds of alcohol-specific deaths.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Background
In their response to the Committee, the then Cabinet Secretaries said the Scottish Government would take into account the Committee's views as part of the Farmed Fish Health Framework workstream.
Last updated:
19 December 2024
Session 6 Member Experience Survey
Data tables are available for download here (40KB Excel document)
Committee membership
male and female respondents agreed that committee assignments consider diversity beyond gender, and include identities such as age, race, and background
there was agreement that individual preferences are taken into account during committee assignmen...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2024
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] - Additional funding following UK Government Autumn Budget
Those savings are detailed in the Cabinet Secretary’s letter to the Committee of the same date and as are follows:
Up to £60 million from emergency spending controls within the Scottish Government;
£65 million of savings from the removal of the discounted Rail Peak Fares and the concessionary fares extension to asylum seekers pilot plus agreement for local government to use some other funds to instead fund the pay deal offered to council refuse workers;
£188.5 million identified from “additional specific savings across all portfolios” of which £116.5 million is reflected in the ABR;
Plans to drawdown £460 million of Scotwind revenues;
£160 million from the Scottish Government’s decision to mirror the UK Government’s decision not to retain universality in the winter fuel payment albeit how this £160 million will be accounted...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2023-24 - Local Governance Review
This was to involve some initial projects with “new autonomous and democratically accountable decision-making bodies”. However, shortly after the Government and COSLA updated council leaders on plans for the Local Governance Review in late 2019, all progress was paused, firstly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and secondly because of the Scottish Parliament ele...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Report on the National Performance Framework: Review of National Outcomes - Annexe D - Evidence
Annexe D - Evidence
Official Reports (substantially verbatim transcripts) of meetings of the Finance and Public Administration Committee
17 September 2024: evidence from stakeholders
1 October 2024: evidence from stakeholders
8 October 2024: evidence from the Scottish Government
Written submissions
The joint Committee consultation received the following written submissions to the call for views issued as part of Committee scrutiny of the proposed National Outcomes:
A Scotland That Cares
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership
Age Scotland
Argyll and Bute Council
Audit Scotland on behalf of the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2024
Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Inflation linked rent increases
The Committee would welcome more information from the Scottish Government of whether it has taken this into account and how it will mitigate against unaffordable rent increases during periods of high inflation.vMeghan Gallacher MSP and Alexander Stewart MSP dissented from this recommendation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 October 2024
Children and the Scottish Criminal Justice System (October 2024) - Possible changes to the children's hearings system
Retrieved from https://thepromise.scot/resources/2023/hearings-for-children-the-redesign-report.pdf It contained several recommendations which would change some of the key elements of the system as outlined above, including:
there must be a review of the current functions of CHS and SCRA to ensure that the redesigned system operates effectively and efficiently for children and families and adequately supports and resources the discrete legal functions of the National Convener and Principal Reporter
children should be fully informed of their right to legal representation; and there should be a review of whether the current mechanisms for them to access legal aid and support are sufficient
there must be a review of the existing Code of Practice that lawyers are required to adhere to, and of the register of solicitors eligible to provide legal assistance to children
the programme for delivery and implementation put in place to oversee the implementation of these recommendations should consider whether there is a role for a new accountability...
