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SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 November 2019
Human Rights and the Environment - Aarhus Compliance in Scotland
Three Pillars of the Aarhus Convention
The Aarhus Convention links environmental protection and governmental accountability by enshrining procedural environmental rights for members of the public (and organisations or legal persons).2United Nations Environment Programme. (2015, June).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 November 2019
Human Rights and the Environment - Rights of Future Generations
It is critical, therefore, that discussions of future generations take into account the rights of the children who are constantly arriving, or have already arrived, on this planet.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2019
Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing the Third Sector - Human rights budgeting and equality budgeting
For example, it could result in higher costs to them, yet GCVS considered ensuring services start from an inclusive, rights-based approach could be a “game changer”.Glasgow TSI Event, 16 September 2019, Event note They called on MSPs to use the intelligence from their casework to better hold Ministers and public bodies to account. An overview of the experie...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 October 2019
Pre Budget Report: Draft 2020/21 Budget - National outcomes and indicators: the National Performance Framework
The Committee understands that the results of the research project (commissioned from the RSPB) will be reported in autumn 2019 to take account of the State of Nature Report which was published in September 2019iState of Nature, 2019 Report - A Summary for Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 September 2019
Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019
Since its inception DAS has been administered by the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). The Regulations provide for the procedure and forms in respect of a repayment arrangement under the scheme, which is described as a debt payment programme (“DPP”).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2019
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill - Current legislation
Whilst the data obtained under those sections will account for a significant proportion of the biometric data held and used for justice and community safety purposes, biometric data is also captured by the police in other circumstances.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 August 2019
The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill - Current system
Standard DisclosureStandard disclosures can be for:certain ‘exempted’ professions (accountant, solicitor, allied health professions, taxi/private hire driver, most roles governed by the FCA)
any employment concerned with the provision of a care service
any employment concerned with the provision of health service where role involves contact with patients et...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 July 2019
Local government finance: facts and figures 2013-14 to 2019-20 - Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates
Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates
Non-domestic Rates (NDR) are collected by individual councils and pooled by the Scottish Government, who then redistribute it to councils as part of the overall annual local government revenue funding settlement. This is an accounting exercise and local authorities do not actually transfer all their NDR income (NDRI) to ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 June 2019
20 Years of the Scottish Parliament - Central themes of Session 2
Noting its “difficult and controversial birth”, the Queen said that was:
all the more reason to ensure that with the energy, flair and determination for which Scots are renowned the world over, Holyrood comes to be seen as a landmark of 21st century democracy built securely on the foundations of accessibility, accountability, equality of opportunity and par...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2019
Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019 - Discounting
I would have thought that, if a sentencer had concluded that a sentence in the region of 15 months was the only appropriate sentence, they would be unlikely to change their mind once they applied the discount and realised that they had to take account of the presumption. Yes, they would think again, but I am not sure that they would come to a different conc...
