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SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 January 2022
Adults with incapacity - Local authorities
Local authorities cannot take on the role of a financial guardian, but if there is no suitable person connected to the adult with incapacity to take on this role, the local authority can nominate a suitable person such as a solicitor or accountant.1Scottish Government. (2008).
Committees
Published:
19 December 2021
Petitioner submission of 19 December 2021
Boards and Scottish Executive should recognise the need to account for challenges facing rural and remote communities, either providing local services, accessing remotely, or providing better support for necessary travel.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 December 2021
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way the Scottish Parliament works? - Scrutiny of government responses to the pandemic
The areas the committee recommended as requiring ongoing oversight and accountability fell to the various sectoral joint committees of the Houses of Oireachtas.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 December 2021
Child Poverty in Scotland since the 1960s - By the median
The equivalisation process is often criticised for failing to take into account circumstances that will mean a family requires greater resources, such as disability.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 November 2021
Legislative Consent Memorandum - Professional Qualifications Bill - Legislative Consent Memorandum
The issues around consent are relevant to a number of other UK Government bills, so I hope that the UK Government will take proper account of our legitimate concerns in this area.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 November 2021
Stage 1 Report on the Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill - Costs associated with reimbursement
On this basis, they argued this could make it challenging to account for incidental expenditure where no receipts or record of payment had been kept.
Committees
Published:
19 October 2021
Scottish Mental Health Law Review submission of 19 October 2021
Cutting across the work of this group are issues of concern raised around issues of accountability. These include the need for an open and accessible complaints system that has the confidence of complainants, consideration of strengthening existing rights to individual and collective advocacy and ensuring regulatory and monitoring bodies have sufficient pow...
Committees
Published:
18 October 2021
Scottish Government submission of 18 October 2021
Determining the long-term future ferry service requirements for Campbeltown will involve undertaking a Community Needs Assessment, in consultation with communities and other stakeholders, during 2022 for all CHFS and Northern Isles routes as part of the ICP and will take into account road and aviation options where these are available.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 October 2021
Addressing the nature crisis: COP15 and the global post-2020 Biodiversity Framework - The Convention on Biological Diversity and forthcoming COP15
Box 5: Supplementary agreements to the Convention on Biological Diversity
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in force since 2003, aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in force since 2014, aims at sharing benefits gained from the use of genetic resources in a fair, equitable way.
Committees
Published:
8 October 2021
Scottish Government submission dated 8 October 2021
Thank you for your correspondence of 24 September 2021 in which you confirmed that the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee has agreed to close the above petition on the basis that:
the Scottish Government has committed to increasing the prevalence of Learning for Sustainability (LfS) within Curriculum for Excellence;
the Scottish Government has stated it believes that individual schools should determine the precise content of their curriculum and how it is applied to the timetable at school-level;
the Scottish Government has stated that a new National Litter and Fly-Tipping Strategy is in the process of being developed, with a 12-week public consultation scheduled to take place at the end of this year before a refreshed strategy is published in early 2022; and that
the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills has stated her intention to share details of the petition, as well as her response to the Committee, with Education Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful, to ensure the issues highlighted are taken into account...
