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SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2023
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - International best practice in household recycling
For local authorities, Scottish Government could consider setting binding targets, perhaps doing so in a way that takes account of authorities’ current performance and any constraints on what they could reasonably be expected to achieve.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 August 2023
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Working group on bankruptcy and cross-cutting issues
It will investigate options for transferring responsibility to the Accountant in Bankruptcy.Agreed that there should be a time limit on how long a bankruptcy remains open when a debtor cannot be foundOutcome: as above.Changes to the prescribed rate of interest (charged on some debts where they can be paid in full), which is currently 8%Agreed that the rate ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 August 2023
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - The existing "moratorium against diligence"
It also prevents their financial situation from being made even worse by enforcement action by creditors (e.g. seizing money in a bank account).
Statutory debt solutions also protect debtors from debt enforcement action by their creditors.
News
Published:
4 July 2023
What impact does the Scottish Budget have on the public
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is asking the public for its views as it begins a three-year-plan, which will see it consider the three principles of human rights budgeting: participation, transparency and accountability.
The Committee’s survey will ask people how much they know about the Budget, which areas of the Budget the...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 June 2023
Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Sections 9 and 10
Amendments considered at the Criminal Justice Committee's meeting on 17 May 2023 included ones seeking to ensure that the interests of victims are taken into account in release planning.
The interests of victims were also considered in relation to section 10, which was amended at Stage 2.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 March 2023
Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Views on the proposals in the Bill
The written submission from Sacro noted that the proposal was consistent with a human rights approach and “provides a level of accountability when someone is being deprived of their liberty”.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2023
Local government finance: Budget 2023-24 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Changes to the “core” revenue allocation
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.cosla.gov.uk/news/2023/financial-clarity-and-consistency-are-crucial-for-communities" target="_blank">https://www.cosla.gov.uk/news/2023/financial-clarity-and-consistency-are-crucial-for-communities</a> that, in their view, the actual cash increase will be a much smaller £38 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 government workforce, the potential implications are set out in COSLA’s Save Our Services campaign2COSLA. (2022, December).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 January 2023
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Roles and responsibilities
(Member of The Alliance)
Social care
A number of submissions felt that the PSC should also cover social care and questioned how the Bill would take account of the National Care Service and the intersection between health and social care.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 January 2023
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 - Equalities
In it, the Scottish Government explains how embedding human rights principles of transparency, participation and accountability has informed the budget.36
The Committee, in our Pre-Budget Report, noted that this Statement is designed to assess where the Scottish Government is proposing to spend public money and how it aims to reduce inequality.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2023
Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill at Stage 1
The approval of the Parliament for the use of resources by the Scottish Ministers and direct-funded bodies is required under section 1 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).
