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Committee reports
Date published:
27 September 2022
Stage 1 report on the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill - General provision on licences (sections 9 and 10)
The Parliament also has a role in holding NatureScot to account. NatureScot falls within the net zero, energy and transport ministerial portfolio and the Committee recommends the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, whose remit is to scrutinise the corresponding ministerial portfolio, to consider this as part of its oversight of NatureScot.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Bill
At Stage 3, MSPs agreed to increase the deduction made to take account of costs relating to financial advice and taxation from 0.5% to 0.75%.
Petitions
Petition published:
7 September 2022
Create an independent review of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Create an independent review of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
PE1964.
Accountability Scotland.
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create an independent review of the SPSO, in order to:
- investigate complaints made against the SPSO;
- assess the quality of its work and decisions; and
- establish...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 August 2022
Scottish Attainment Challenge - Stretch aims
The Cabinet Secretary confirmed that it is the defining mission of the Scottish Government to close the poverty-related attainment gap.Official Report, 18 May 2022, col 14 The Scottish Government has explicitly said that stretch aims are not targets, but challenging ambitions to which those who are delivering improvement can aspire.2021 National Improvement Framework and Improvement Plan The Cabinet Secretary referred to the Audit Scotland report which called reducing the poverty-related attainment gap a complex challenge and said that it will take time:
our ambition is no less than to close the attainment gap, but we need to recognise that that is a long-term endeavour.Official Report, 18 May 2022, col 4
The Cabinet Secretary said that, rather than a top-down approach, the Scottish Government is working in partnership with local authorities so that they can set the aims that are correct for their areas:
it will be measurable once the local authorities have developed their stretch aims, and my understanding is that they will be developed by September, for the new academic year. They are very accountable...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 July 2022
Nutrition Labelling Composition and Standards Framework - Process for considering UK Internal Market Act exclusions in common framework areas
The proposed exclusion is then considered by the appropriate framework forum, taking into account evidence including about the likely direct and indirect economic impact of the proposed exemption.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 June 2022
Animal Health and Welfare framework - Detailed overview of proposed framework: non-legislative arrangements
Concordat: Agreed Principles
The Concordat sets out the following principles for ways of working:
Timing
Where timelines are prescribed in law, decision-making processes should take full account of those timelines by ensuring enough time for discussions between Parties.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 June 2022
Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene Framework - Process for considering UK Internal Market Act exclusions in common framework areas
The proposed exclusion is then considered by the appropriate framework forum, taking into account evidence including about the likely direct and indirect economic impact of the proposed exemption.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 June 2022
Resource Spending Review and pre-Budget scrutiny - Core funding “protected” in cash terms
The document talks about protecting local government budgets in “cash terms” by guaranteeing resource budgets at existing levels to 2025-26 (with a £100 million increase in 2026-27). However, accounting for the possible impact of inflation, council resource allocations could see a 7% reduction in “real terms” over the 5-year period.
News
Published:
17 May 2022
MSPs to look at role of parliament and governance in Scotland
It also identified a risk that the emphasis on managing regulatory divergence at an inter-governmental level may lead to less transparency and Ministerial accountability, and a tension in the balance of relations between the Executive and the Legislature.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 April 2022
Report on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - Overview of provisions in Part 4
The Tribunal will still be able to grant an eviction order if it considers it 'reasonable', taking all the circumstances of the case into account.
Part 4 also makes permanent a “pre-action protocol” for evictions relating to rent arrears.
