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Date published:
25 March 2019
Report on post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 - The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - The capacity of firefighters to take on additional roles
In response to a question about the views of some of the fire and rescue service unions that the current training time provided would be insufficient to undertake any additional roles, Alasdair Hay, Chief Officer, told the Committee that the review of training would consider how to use the training time to best effect. Mr Hay clarified that: “We do not and ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 February 2019
Agriculture and Land Use - Public money for public goods? - Addressing under-supply of public goods using payments for ecosystem services
For example, since 1993, mineral water brand Vittel has paid farmers in the catchment at the foot of the Vosges Mountains to adopt best dairy farming practices to maintain water quality5Wunder, S., Engel, S., & Pagiola, S. (2008).
Committee reports
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3 December 2018
Stage 1 Report on Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Bill - Notional Portfolio
The committee should also note that a small majority of respondents to the 2017 consultation were of the view that the idea of a mixed portfolio of assets was the right way to go, as it balances flexibility with the best way of managing the risk. In addition, some respondents suggested that the approach most closely matches the actual behaviour of pursuers ...
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2018
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Raising the age of criminal responsibility beyond 12
He stated, “this is not making Scotland the best place in the world to grow up in; it is just about getting us on a par with the worst places in Europe”iiOfficial Report, 6 September 2018, Col 22.
Committee reports
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21 June 2018
Scotland's Economic Performance - Apprenticeships and the Apprenticeship Levy
There was also some frustration from older workers who felt that there are not enough training and reskilling opportunities available for them.Summary of focus groups
Gordon McGuinness acknowledged that more thought needs to be given to the best ways of supporting the learning and reskilling of people who already have work and family commitments.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 May 2018
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Crown Estate Bill - Conclusions
Members were concerned that the use of 'must' in section 7(1) of the Bill versus 'may' in section 7(2) could potentially detract from the Bill's stated intention to ensure that factors beyond profitability were considered when deciding how an asset should best be managed. The Committee felt that the Scottish Government should consider rewording the duty in ...
Committee reports
Date published:
29 March 2018
Report on petition PE1463: Effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment (revised on 20 July 2018 to update glossary) - Reference ranges
Since you do not know what that value was when they were well—because it was never measured—there is a lot of flailing about going on to find out what the best solution is. That is what I mean by the sin of categorisation.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 January 2018
Report on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018/19 - The impact of protected funding commitments
It explained that whilst it was for local government and national government to decide their approach to protecting services, when it comes to delivering savings -
the consequences of that for other services have to be noted, and we think that it is part of councils’ best-value duty to make sure that they do that.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 January 2018
Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018-19 - Clarification of support
…Where effective regional support exists locally, there is an argument for assigning a regionally proportionate share of resources from national programmes to local delivery mechanisms. This would provide best value use of government resources, by resourcing targeted industry support that addresses specific local and regional needs.6Dumfries and Galloway Co...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 January 2018
Stage 1 report on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill - Lord Bracadale’s review of hate crime legislation
In the consultation paper for the review, the confluence of his review and Parliament’s consideration of this Act is noted, with the following approach outlined:
The Review will therefore consider how the law should best deal with the type of hate crime behaviour covered by Section 1 in parallel with the Parliament’s consideration of James Kelly’s repeal bi...
