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Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - Removal of the 12+ presumption in relation to children's views
This presumption would be removed from the relevant provisions of the 1995 Act, as well as from the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 and the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011. The Scottish Government's aim is to encourage the courts to hear from younger children.1Scottish Government. (2019, September).
Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2020
Census (Scotland) Order 2020 (SSI 2020/draft) - Annexe B: Correspondence
Annexe B: Correspondence
The following correspondence was exchanged between the Committee and the Scottish Government/the National Records of Scotland—
Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs dated 27 June 2019 (117KB pdf)
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs to th...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 February 2020
Audit Scotland Budget proposal for 2020/21 - Staffing
My pay is set on a different basis by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Therefore, I expect the ratio to have reduced again.1Scottish Commission on Public Audit. (2020, January 15).
Committee reports
Date published:
5 February 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill - C-card/voucher scheme
The policy memorandum suggests that one model the Scottish Government could consider would be one similar to the "C-Card" scheme C-Card scheme accessed at http://www.ccard.org.uk/about-us/ which operates as a confidential service funded and administered by Health Boards for the distribution of free condoms in areas across Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 November 2019
Report on capital resources for Police Scotland in the Scottish Government's 2020-21 budget - Implementing the digital, data and ICT strategy
As a result, Police Scotland is undertaking a reprioritisation exercise. 1Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority. (2019). Written submission.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 November 2019
Resolving parenting disputes: Scotland compared to other countries - Other countries
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/contents</a> [accessed 11 November 2019] However, in the event of a dispute over registration or genetic parentage, the courts in England and Wales have the power to order paternity testing to resolve the dispute, which the Scottish courts do not. England and Wales has legislation on the statute book requiring compulsory joint registration, but this legislation has never been brought into force.2Care of Children Act 2004, sections 17, 18 and 19.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 October 2019
Stage 1 report on the Referendums (Scotland) Bill - Policy Objective
They told us that all in all, “we support the direction of travel that is represented in the bill.”3Official Report, Finance and Constitution Committee, 18 September 2019, Col: 23. (n.d.)
The Scottish Assessors Association’s (SAA) welcome the Bill on the basis that “there will be one set of legislation to govern all referendums in Scotland” which “allows fo...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 July 2019
Local government finance: facts and figures 2013-14 to 2019-20 - Council Tax income post-reform
Figure 9 - Impact of Council Tax reform on Gross Council Tax revenue between 2016-17 and 2019-20, cash terms.The variations illustrate the relative Council Tax 'story' of each authority - some local authorities have higher proportions of low-band properties, whilst others tend to have higher levels of Band E-H properties. The Scottish Government capped Coun...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 June 2019
Health and social care integration: spending and performance update - Financial reporting by integration authorities
The Health and Sport Committee noted that there are delays in budget agreements, a lack of transparency, and a lack of effective control over the set aside budget (Figure 7)1Health and Sport Committee. (2018, October 29). Looking ahead to the Scottish Government - Health Budget 2019-20: Is the budget delivering the desired outcomes for health and social car...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2019
Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019 - Short sentences - facts and figures
SPICeSPICeIt is worth considering these trends in relation to the overall situation in terms of the prison population in Scotland. Figure 6 uses Scottish Prison Service (SPS) figures, mainly available on its website under the heading of SPS Prison Population.
