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Committee reports
Date published:
25 May 2023
Annual Report of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 2022-23 - Equal opportunities and Committee outreach
The school pupils gave a first-hand account of growing up in a remote community and described how ferry services could better meet their needs.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 May 2023
Scrutinising social justice: barriers and opportunities - Eradicating child poverty
The Public Audit Committee held evidence sessions on 6 October and 10 November 2022 in response to the joint Audit Scotland and Accounts Commission briefing on Tackling Child Poverty.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill - Appointment of interim trustees by OSCR
If a quarter of around 25,000 charities in Scotland are finding a difficulty with recruiting trustees, in the search for transparency and accountability, we need to make sure that we are not compounding some of the struggles that charities are already facing.iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill - Alignment with UK regulations
ICAS (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland) pointed out that trustees of a charity in Scotland may also be trustees of charities in other jurisdictions across the UK, and it therefore makes sense to have the same criteria in placeiSocial Justice and Social Security Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 March 2023
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill - Current legislation
Recent amendments to the 1995 Act via the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 introduced duties for the local authority, when making decisions about the care of a looked after child, to take the views of their siblings into account; and to promote direct contact and personal relations between a looked after child and any of their siblings.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2023
Local government finance: Budget 2023-24 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Summary
COSLA argues that the actual cash increase will be a much smaller £38 million once the costs of previous policy commitments (for example expansions to free school meals and early learning and childcare) are accounted for.
For COSLA, the Budget settlement represents a significant real terms cut to "core" revenue funding which it says will have impacts on ser...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 January 2023
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill
This means that the SI protocol does not apply and there is currently no process by which the Scottish Parliament can hold Scottish Minsters to account for their position in any consultation with the Treasury.
News
Published:
8 December 2022
Views sought on Bill to strengthen charity regulator
We’re keen to understand the extent to which the Bill might strengthen that accountability and transparency.
“We also want to understand what administrative impact the Bill might place on charities and their trustees.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2022
Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2021-22 - Legislative Consent Memorandums
While outwith the period of this report, the Committee subsequently wrote to the UK Government to ask, given these themes, what it considers when seeking a delegation of powers to UK Ministers in devolved areas within the competence of the Scottish Parliament and whether it takes into account the points raised by this Committee in its work.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 November 2022
Retained EU Law and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - UK Government dashboard of retained EU law
The dashboard notes in relation to REUL in devolved areas that:
is not intended to provide a comprehensive account of REUL that sits with the competence of the devolved administrations, but may contain individual pieces of REUL which do sit in devolved areas.
