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Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2018
Subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 20 February 2018 - No points raised
No points raised
Education and Skills
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Prescribed Services) (Protected Adults) Amendment Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/28)
Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5 and Savings Provision) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/36 (C.5))
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/37)
Carbon Accounting...
Committee reports
Date published:
12 February 2018
Report on Homelessness - Introduction
In particular we thank all those who shared their experiences of being homeless – these first-hand accounts helped us to fully appreciate the impact that being homeless can have on all aspects of people’s lives.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2018
Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill at Stage 1
The Scottish Government states in its DPM that the power in section 7 of the Bill is necessary in order to permit the Scottish Ministers to amend the Bill to take account of inevitable changes to the Government’s spending plans during the financial year to which the Bill applies.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2018
The Planning (Scotland) Bill - Streamlining local development planning
The timescale for the review of local development plans is increased from at least every five years to at least every 10 years
A process for amending a local development plan between reviews is established
Local development plan action programmes are replaced by delivery programmes
Local development plans to be better aligned with community planning objectives, with a requirement to take account of the local outcomes improvement plan
Requirement to produce a "main issues report" removed - a main issues report is currently the first stage in the preparation of the local development plan.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 January 2018
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Overview
The current framework of common law and statutory offences enables prosecutors to hold perpetrators to account for a wide spectrum of abuse. However, gaps exist in relation to the effective prosecution of psychological abuse and controlling and coercive behaviour that cannot overtly or easily be characterised as violent or threatening.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 January 2018
Stage 1 Report on the Islands (Scotland) Bill - Community capacity and resources
The significant variations in community demographics, needs and capacity across the islands would need to be taken into account. Highlighting this issue, Argyll and Bute Council said—
Given the range and size of our islands—some have very few people on them, some are more isolated than others and some have relationships—it is essential that there are some ...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Recovery of assistance given in error
Section 37 provides, when deciding whether to recover sums overpaid, that the Scottish Ministers must take into account the financial circumstances of the individual.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2017
Income Tax in Scotland: 2017 update - Annex 3: SPICe approach to modelling income tax revenues
All the analysis is static in nature i.e. it does not take into account any behavioural responses that might occur following a change in taxes or benefits.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 November 2017
Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill - Preliminary Stage Report - Consideration by the Committee
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/104907.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/104907.aspx</a> [accessed 19 May 2017] These include submissions from—
the three bodies which the Committee requested views from;
some of the organisations and individuals the Committee wrote to to give the opportunity to submit views;
responses from other interested parties, which included—
- Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) (specifically on the issue of beaver management);
- one of the objectors (Tom Davies); and
- the Scottish Government (which had annexed to it the Statement of Account...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill - Offence of engaging in course of abusive behaviour
Following a recent law reform, approved by the Scottish Parliament in 2016, it is also possible for prosecutors to add to a charge that the alleged offence is aggravated by domestic abuse.iAbusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016, section 1 If this is proven, this enables the courts: (a) to formally recognise that the offence took place in that context (meaning, amongst other things that the number of domestic abuse aggravations can be recorded in official statistics); and (b) to impose what it considers an appropriate penalty, taking the aggravation into account...
