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SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2025
The intergovernmental relations 'reset': one year on - The Council of the Nations and Regions
These stated that the Council will meet biannually, and will:
"be a central driving forum [...] to determine actions for tackling some of the biggest and most cross-cutting challenges the country faces, on a structured and sustained basis"
"provide a forum to share best practice, to collaborate on shared issues, and agree how to work together to drive deliv...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Wider planning issues
The Highland Council said that environmental management plans had been successful in stimulating coordination at local level but that enforcement is challenging because “it would be very difficult to identify enough evidence to take the matter to the enforcement stage”:
I would say that environmental management plans have been successful in stimulating a level of work, co-ordination and co-operation among operators, local fisheries boards, river trusts and so forth, on how best...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2024
Education (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Financial Memorandum
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When asked about the costings in the FM, Scottish Government officials stated that it is a "best estimate of the transition cost of establishing the new organisation", suggesting that "how qualifications reform more broadly takes place and the funding that is required to do that" is a separate point.7Scottish Parliament. (2024, ...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2024
Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Financial Memorandum and Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)
Meeting of the Parliament: LGHP/03/09/2024 | Scottish Parliament Website
In its written response to the FPA Committee the Scottish Government stressed that it is committed to working with local authorities on how best to deliver an effective system of rent controls and has established a local authority working group to support the development of the approac...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 October 2024
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024 (draft) - Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee consideration
She suggested that manufacturers are calling for more incentives to speed up sales, while Scotland's EV loan scheme, which targets those living in rural and island areas and those earning less than £50,000, has helped increase uptake.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 8 October 2024, Col 4
Scottish Government officials noted that September was the UK’s best-ever month for EV sales, with over 20% of all vehicles sold being electric.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 October 2024
Closing the Disability Employment Gap in Scotland - Quality of data
As noted earlier, disabled people are not a homogenous group, yet the available data is often not disaggregated, making it harder to understand the scale of the employment gap and where best to allocate resources to help to reduce it.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Stage 1 Report on Housing (Scotland) Bill: Part 5 (homelessness prevention) and Part 6 (other housing matters - fuel poverty) - Interaction with other legislation and policy frameworks
The guidance currently in development encourages social landlords to adopt a victim/survivor centred approach and work in close partnership with other agencies to determine the best immediate and long term housing options which will provide safety, security and tenancy sustainability for the individual and their household.Correspondence from the Minister fo...
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 2 - Local authority implementation
We are currently looking at the new regulations and seeing how they best fit across the region2Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. (2024).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 - Local authorities, centres of excellence and Scottish Water
Scottish Water said complying with the sustainable procurement duty was recognised as best practice and it did not view it as challenging.
