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Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2022
Complaint against Jackson Carlaw MSP - Background: requirements for MSPs to register and declare interests
The prejudice test states that, “An interest meets the prejudice test if, after taking into account all of the circumstances, that interest is reasonably considered to prejudice, or give the appearance of prejudicing, the ability of the member to participate in a disinterested manner in any proceedings of the Parliament.”
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2022
Budget 2023-24 - Public sector pay
Public sector pay
As highlighted in the SPICe Blog “Winter has come: what to look out for in this week’s Scottish budget”, public sector pay was an area which many were looking at with interest.
Public sector pay usually accounts for more than half of the Scottish resource budget.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 December 2022
Property Factors - Frequently Asked Questions - Individual service standards
Financial transparency – This includes obligations:
to send homeowners a detailed financial statement of charges and work done at least once a year;
to keep homeowners' floating funds (i.e. funds for paying for minor regular repairs) separate from property factors’ funds
to put sinking/reserve funds (i.e. funds for paying for future major repairs) in an interest bearing account; and
to provide financial information on termination of the service/where a property changes ownership.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 December 2022
A public health approach to gambling harms - Sex
For example, one study found that women in Great Britain with online gambling accounts typically played more often and spent more than men5Gambling Commission. (2022).
Committee reports
Date published:
8 November 2022
Pre-Budget 2023-24 - Employability
It is simply that an expansion of capacity has not been undertaken.”iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report 29 September 2022, Col 6
Given the economic circumstances, and taking account of human rights principles, we recommend that the Scottish Government cut in employability funding should be time-limited and ask the Scottish Governm...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 November 2022
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Scotland's Public Finances in 2023-24 and the Impact of the Cost of Living and Public Service Reform - Linking budgetary decisions to the delivery of national outcomes
We found little evidence to suggest that financial decisions derive explicitly or transparently from the national outcomes, nor is the NPF a mechanism by which organisations are held to account for spending their funding effectively.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 November 2022
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill - Powers for UK Ministers within devolved competence
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities responded on 14 August indicating that the “UK Government takes into account a variety of factors when seeking delegated powers in devolved areas.”
News
Published:
31 October 2022
‘Perfect storm’ of financial pressure facing Scotland’s cultural sector
It also asks the Scottish Government for updates on embedding culture more broadly as part its plans for a wellbeing economy. This would take into account the contribution which preventative spend in areas like the arts and other cultural activities makes towards health and wellbeing.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 October 2022
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - The pandemic effect
At April 2021, deaths in care homes accounted for around a third of all COVID-19 deaths in Scotland.3BBC. (2021).
Committee reports
Date published:
6 October 2022
Allotments and community growing: the impact of Part 9 of the Community Empowerment Act - Executive Summary
The cross-cutting importance of allotments and food growing should be reflected in wider strategies such as the National Planning Framework, the forthcoming Biodiversity Strategy, and implementation of the new Good Food Nation Bill. It should also be taken into account during the development of new legislation such as the Land Reform Bill and the Agricultur...
