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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 November 2020
European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill - UK and Scottish ratification
UK and Scottish ratification
Despite the Charter being opened for signature in 1985, there was some delay to the UK signing, with accounts suggesting that “local government was not seen by the then government as an issue for international standard-setting”1Smith, J. (2013, May).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 September 2020
The Multiple Roles of Scottish Woodlands - Climate and Ecological Emergencies
The UN outlines three established scientific links with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change:
the concentration of GHGs in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth
the concentration has been rising steadily, and mean global temperatures along with it, since the Industrial Revolution
carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most abundant GHG, accounting for about two-thirds of GHGs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 August 2020
Issue 12: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations - What happened in Round 7
And this, in spite of the flexibility which we have shown on our side, these last months, to take into account and to work on the three British red lines expressed by Boris Johnson: on the role of the European Court of Justice; on the legislative autonomy of the United Kingdom; and on fishing.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 August 2020
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill: Parts 1 and 3 - Common frameworks
Frameworks will respect the devolution settlements and the democratic accountability of the devolved legislatures, and will therefore:
be based on established conventions and practices, including that the competence of the devolved institutions will not normally be adjusted without their consent;
maintain, as a minimum, equivalent flexibility for tailorin...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 August 2020
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill: Parts 1 and 3 - How can Scotland influence the development of EU law when it is not a member of the EU?
It acts in the EU's general interest with complete independence from national governments and is accountable to the European Parliament.
The EU’s standard decision-making procedure is known as 'Ordinary Legislative Procedure’.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 June 2020
Supply and demand for medicines - Relationship between pharmacist and the community
We recommend the next iteration of the Community Pharmacy contract takes account of compensation for pharmacist delivery of prescriptions.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 June 2020
PE1319: Improving youth football in Scotland - Conclusions and recommendations
However, it encourages all parties to consider how such a dialogue could take place in the current circumstances to avoid any significant delays to these conversations taking place.
Having taken into account the significant amount of evidence gathered in the lifetime of this petition, the Committee is very strongly of the view that the following changes mu...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 June 2020
Issue 8: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations - UK legal text special edition - Level playing field issues (Chapters 26-28)
Whilst the EU position in relation to LPF is reminiscent of the rules of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement which takes into account the close geographic relationship between the parties, the UK Government has sought to replicate the LPF texts in the EU's deals with Canada and Japan for example.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 May 2020
Protected Trust Deeds - Compulsory independent advice
I do not see that happening.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 28 January 2020, col 32
The Accountant in Bankruptcy highlighted that if someone wants to see an adviser at their local Citizens Advice Bureau, they may wait several weeks for an appointment.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 April 2020
Issue 5: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - Round 2 of the negotiations
For example we will not make progress on the so called "level playing field" and the governance provisions until the EU drops its insistence on imposing conditions on the UK which are not found in the EU’s other trade agreements and which do not take account of the fact that we have left the EU as an independent state.
