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SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2024
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Children's hearings system: victims
Amendment 17 in the name of the Minister would place a duty on Scottish Ministers to provide a support service to victims, via secondary legislation.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Annexe A - Minutes of Meetings
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (In Private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting, agreed to invite the Minister to give evidence and to seek an extension to the deadline for completion of Stage 1 scrutiny.
30th meeting, 2023 (Session 6) Wednesday 29 November 2023
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance;
Richard Dennis, The Accountant in Bankruptcy and Agency Chief Executive; and
James Clelland, Solicitor, Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland - Impact on children
He added “We have serious concerns about child protection and safeguarding risks which have been raised with the Scottish Government's child protection team – the risk of exposure to alcohol, drugs, and the risk of violence, criminality, and exploitation"1Scottish Parliament. (2023, May 2).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Assessments of lobbying and transparency provisions
A secondary objective of this analysis is to evaluate specific areas where the PAPLS Committee indicated further consultation and exploration was desired. These areas include:5The Scottish Parliament Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee (Session 5). (2021).
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2023
The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 [draft]
Following discussion with the Committee’s legal advisers, the Scottish Government withdrew the draft instrument on 15 September 2023 and clarified the wording of the amendment prior to it being re-laid on 19 September 2023.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 September 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - Decision-making by trusts
The Policy Memorandum suggests the use of the word 'quorum' is misleading and therefore suggests "it would be clearer to replace the current statutory provision with one that did not use the concept of a quorum".iTrusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill, Policy memorandum, Scottish Government The new approach is contained in section 12 of the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 June 2023
Stage 1 Report for Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill - Ensuring all 16 and 17 year olds have access to the children's hearings
Ensuring all 16 and 17 year olds have access to the children's hearings
The Committee heard from many organisations, including Police Scotland, that there is a close correlation between children coming into conflict with the law who have been impacted by one or more factors such as trauma, poverty or medical conditions.Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting of 22 March 2023, Col 10
Research by the Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 March 2023
Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Views of the Committee
In the previous section of the report, we discuss the importance of the necessary resources being made available by the Scottish Government.
It is also the case that some of the factors which impact on the outcomes of bail decisions are not necessarily a product of the bail test in legislation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2022
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2019-2020 - 4.3.17. Social Security Committee
WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers13Scottish Government officials26Members of the Scottish Parliament0Representatives of public bodies25Representatives of local authorities6UK Ministers0UK Government officials3Members of the UK Parliament0Representatives from other legislatures0Repre...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 October 2022
Stage 1 Report on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - De-transition
In written evidence, FWS stated that the Scottish Government had ignored the needs of this group, who had requested a pathway to revoke a GRC but this had been denied.
