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Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2018
Stage 1 Report on Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Bill - Adjustments
These are—
the impact of inflation (with reference to the Retail Prices Index);
a deduction of 0.5% to represent the costs of tax and investment advice;
a further deduction of 0.5% as a “further margin” to reduce the risk of under-performance.
Scottish Ministers would also be able to modify the extent of the adjustments, or change the measure of inflation,...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Salmon farming in Scotland - Challenges of moving to more exposed sites
RECOMMENDATION 55
The Committee further recommends that the Scottish Government should consider how the regulatory framework which applies to the industry might need to be adapted to suit the particular circumstances of offshore aquaculture.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2018
Private Renting Reforms: how to evidence the impact of legislation - Private residential tenancy
Rent pressure zones: in certain circumstances, including where rents are rising excessively, local authorities can apply to Scottish Ministers for approval to establish a rent pressure zone in their area.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2018
Confidentiality of reports from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards for Public Life in Scotland. - Breaches of the disclosure Rule
In the meantime, the Committee has asked that Scottish Parliament staff and staff in the Commissioner’s office only have access to information on an investigation strictly in accordance with a “need to know” principle, and that there should be the utmost clarity in all documentation and correspondence about confidentiality requirements.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 November 2018
Local Government finance: the Funding Formula and local taxation income - Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE)
Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE)
Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE) is a 'needs-based' methodology used to allocate total revenue funding, pre-determined by the Scottish Government, equitably amongst local authorities on the basis of relative need.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 October 2018
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill - Vulnerability
That definition (inserted into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) covers:
child witnesses (under the age of 18)
witnesses who are the complainers in cases involving a sexual offence, human trafficking, domestic abuse or stalking
witnesses where there is a significant risk that the quality of their evidence will be diminished by reason of mental disorder, or fear or distress in connection with giving evidence
witnesses who are considered to be at significant risk of harm by reason only of the fact that they are to give evidence
Witnesses covered by the second bullet point are referred to as deemed vulnerable witnesses for the purposes of accessing special measures.
The Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2018
The Governance of the NHS in Scotland - ensuring delivery of the best healthcare for Scotland - Concerns with the operation of SAEs monitoring and reporting
Fraser Morton suggested the Cabinet Secretary's intervention in relation to the situation in Ayrshire and Arran had followed ‘adverse national publicity’, rather than due to monitoring by the NHS board or the Scottish Government. He believed there had been missed opportunities to identify concerns earlier as there was no central gathering or analysis of SAE...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 June 2018
Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer? - A framework for integration
These were:
in policy and the media: communicating an inclusive vision for Scotland and for Scottish society; creating a positive discourse around migration, normalising diversity, underlining its benefits; also – more inclusion of people of a migrant background in policy and media, more visibility in public life
in education: creating a curriculum for and ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 June 2018
Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer? - Concerns around migration
The specific concerns in relation to immigration were:
housing – availability of housing and competition for social housing; ghettoization of certain areas inhabited predominantly by migrants; dealing with transient populations (in cities - especially in areas where short-term tenancies are standard and/or where asylum seekers are housed; in rural areas – especially in relation to seasonal migration)
competition for other resources and forms of state support such as school places (in Catholic schools in particular), access to the NHS, benefits
competition for jobs
fears around personal security and migration-related crime, in particular related to free movement where migrants do not need to undergo checks in order to enter the country
migrants’ lack of knowledge of English and the cost of providing language support (interpretation services, language courses)
perceived non-integration of certain migrant populations
fear of losing the traditional Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2018
Scotland's Economic Performance - Technology
Chris van der Kuyl of 4J Studios and Graeme Jones of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) argued that Scotland has very poor digital infrastructure, and that this lack of good bandwidth meant that many people would not consider moving to remote or rural areas.
