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SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - What does high inflation mean for Government and the public finances?
At around £24 billion per year, the public sector paybill accounted for more than half of all resource spending.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
How Devolution is Changing Post-EU - Intergovernmental Relations
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-review-of-intergovernmental-relations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-review-of-intergovernmental-relations</a> [accessed 17 May 2022]The review also sets out the following principles for collaborative working –
Maintaining positive and constructive relations, based on mutual respect for the responsibilities of the governments and their shared role in the governance of the UK;
Building and maintaining trust, based on effective communication;
Sharing information and respecting confidentiality;
Promoting understanding of, and accountability...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Proportionality of regulated lobbying
Table 4: Insights from considering the proportion differences between returns and registrants for each registrant sector.The table shows the percentage of registrants, percentage of returns, and the percentage point difference between returns and registrants for each sector on the Lobbying Register.Registrant sectorPercentage of registrantsPercentage of returnsPercentage point differenceSectors where there are proportionately more returns than registrantsHealth and social care14%21%7.0Environment and animal welfare4%10%6.0Agriculture, fisheries, and rural affairs2%5%3.0Equality, social issues, and religion12%13%1.0Third sector representation and trade unions3%4%1.0Retail and leisure2%3%1.0Sectors where returns and registrants are proportionateInternational development and affairs2%2%0.0Public relations and public affairs9%9%0.0Media, press and advertising1%1%0.0Public policy and public administration1%1%0.0Food, drink, and hospitality3%3%0.0Legal services and law enforcement1%1%0.0Sectors where there are proportionately fewer returns than registrantsIT, telecommunications and digital2%1%-1.0Education and childcare2%1%-1.0Business representation and service delivery4%3%-1.0Science, medical, and pharmaceuticals4%3%-1.0Energy and utilities7%5%-2.0Consultancy, accountancy...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Scope of the evaluation
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-standards-procedures-and-public-appointments-committee/meetings/2023/sppacs6235/minutes" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-standards-procedures-and-public-appointments-committee/meetings/2023/sppacs6235/minutes</a> [accessed 4 September 2023]
The PAPLS report set out that the aim of the evaluation study should be to establish whether the Act has delivered its transparency and public accountability...
Last updated:
28 September 2023
Code of Conduct for lobbying MSPs
If you are registering an organisational account on the Lobbying Register you must also provide information about any other code of conduct you subscribe to which governs regulated lobbying.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2023
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Circular economy targets in other countries
Natural resources used to manufacture products for export are not covered by the objective*. (*The objective takes into account Finland's total consumption that includes imported products needed for people’s everyday lives, infrastructure and the consumption of domestic raw materials.)
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Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
Scotland’s electricity infrastructure: inhibitor or enabler of our energy ambitions? - Remit
According to Parliamentary convention, the Scottish Government must respond directly to this report, but over and above this, we also want it to take our report into account as it continues its work on the Strategy.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2023
UK Emissions Trading Scheme Common Framework - Stakeholder engagement
As for engagement with legislatures, the framework states as one of its UK ETS governance principles that:
The UK ETS shall be governed to ensure full accountability of the Four National Authorities to their respective legislatures.
Committees
Last updated:
19 July 2023
Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market
A video of the event can be found on the Scottish Parliament’s Twitter account.
The views shared will help inform the Committee’s inquiry into the Impact of the Pandemic on the Scottish Labour Market and any recommendations it makes to the Scottish Government.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 June 2023
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill - Provisions in the Bill
The Policy Memorandum (para 241) argues that:
This provides flexibility for the court to take particular considerations into account (e.g. a potentially lengthy fraud trial in its early stages which the court might consider could be restarted without retraumatising participants or causing much inconvenience; as opposed to the late stages of a rape trial in ...
