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Committee reports
Date published:
14 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill - Annexe A: Extracts from minutes
Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.
14th Meeting, 2024, Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence from—
Josie Allan, Head of Policy and Partnerships, Missing People;
and then from—
Raish Allan, Judicial Factories Manager, Tim Barraclough,Executive Director, Tribunals and Office of the Public Guardian and Fiona Brown, Public Guardian and Accountant...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 June 2024
The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service - Other action taken by MALG partners
While recognising that responsibility and accountability for the provision of healthcare services to prisoners lies with the National Health Service, and therefore ultimately Scottish Ministers, the Committee recommends that GEOAmey’s performance in this area is kept under close review, with the ambition of driving up performance figures closer to 100 per c...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Land reform - A brief introduction
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 took account of some of the Review Group’s recommendations, and contained a number of major reforms, including:
Requiring the Scottish Government to prepare and publish a Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement (LRRS).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Proposals for reform
The consultation document sets out useful comparisons between what is proposed for small landholders and what is currently afforded to crofters and other agricultural tenants (note that this does not take the changes proposed by the Bill into account).
A consultation analysis was published on 2 June 2023.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 May 2024
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Background
These have been widely reported to have exacerbated existing inequalities and barriers experienced by disabled people.
Taking this all into account, Jeremy Balfour calls for a Disability Commissioner that would be a "champion of disabled people to help combat the many inequalities they face daily and which have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic."
News
Published:
14 May 2024
Committee calls for dignity, fairness and respect at the heart of changes to Scotland's social security system
Collette Stevenson MSP, Convener of the Social Security and Social Justice Committee, said:
“Overall, we are satisfied that the Social Security Amendment Scotland Bill takes account of the Scottish Government’s earlier commitments on social security.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 1 - What the Committee heard
A need for a regulatory body to ensure accountability of local authorities in relation to delivering SDS.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 May 2024
Sport in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation, Governance, Policy and Funding - Summary
Sportscotland is the national sports agency, and with the Scottish Government, has a large role in shaping the direction of Scottish sport. Both are accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
Policy Context
The Scottish Government's Physical Activity Delivery Plan – A More Active Scotland – outlines their vision of a Scotland where people are more active more ...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 April 2024
Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Victims and Prisoners Bill - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee consideration
Other areas raised in the responses include:
That the IBCA should be accountable to Parliament and not a Minister or Department
There should be a clear, tight, and agreed timetable to get to the point of operational delivery of the scheme.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 April 2024
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape - A Strategic Approach - Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
The policy memorandum states that ‘An essential element of the Modernising Government programme is a modern complaints system which is open, accessible and accountable and which has the trust of the public.’
