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Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2019
Report on Funding of European Union Structural Fund priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit - Replicating the current approach
According to the Scottish Government, managing SIs through lead partners has some very specific advantages for Scotland—
It gives us the tighter focus required by the [European] Commission
It gives us up-front agreement on what outcomes and impacts the programmes should achieve
It ensures funding stability (Funds and match) in the long term for important areas of work; and
It manages the audit burden at a higher level, allowing smaller organisations to focus on what they do best...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 October 2019
Looking ahead to the Scottish Government - Health Budget 2020-21: When is Hospital bad for your health? - Transformation of services
GPs must have the confidence to offer alternative aspects of the health care system to the patient. Hospital is not always the best and most suitable option.
We also recommend an increase in the provision of health education and awareness, particularly in relation to ensuring patients are fully informed of all options to obtain appropriate advice and care....
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - Environmental courts - Chile, Kenya and Sweden
It also has the power to make its own rules of procedure and attempts to keep proceedings informal, particularly for self-represented parties, an aspect described as global best practice in a UNEP review8Pring, G., & Pring, C. (2016).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - Citizen science networks - Germany and Australia
The Australian Citizen Science Association was established to provide a forum for knowledge exchange and development of best practice. The Atlas, developed with support from the Australian government, includes a suite of tools, freely available under open source licences.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2019
Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019 - Effectiveness of the Scottish Government's proposal
He believed that—
... the extension to 12 months is unlikely to have much effect on sentencing practice: at best it is a reminder to sentencers of the existing injunction that imprisonment should be ‘a last resort’.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2019
Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019 - Conclusions and recommendation
This single measure will not in and of itself result in a substantial decrease in prison population in Scotland. At best, the measure may help reduce churn in the prison system (a measure of how fast a prison population turns over).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 June 2019
The Human Tissue (Authorisation)(Scotland) Bill - Stage 3 Proceedings - Stage 1 Consideration
In light of this the SG details that it plans direct mailings to young people and is undertaking focus groups to identify the best form of communication with this group and inform the awareness raising campaign.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Transport (Scotland) Bill - Finance - bus services provisions
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/109147.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/109147.aspx</a>
The Committee recognises that the various provisions relating to bus services are intended to provide local authorities with a range of options to assist them in ensuring that efficient and reliable bus services can be provided in a way that best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 February 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government policy on children's rights
Incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Scottish Government states: "we want to make Scotland the best place in the world for a child to grow up".
Committee reports
Date published:
1 February 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill - Spain
The Spanish legal system’s interpretation of this decree was that the best way to establish the potential donor’s wishes was by asking the family.
