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SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 October 2021
Fisheries governance after Brexit - Key Terms
Some parts of retained EU law needed to be changed to ensure the law was clear and could work properly in domestic law, for example, by removing references to the UK being a Member State, removing references to “euros” or replacing a reference to an EU institution with a reference to a UK or Scottish institution. This exercise of changing retained EU law to...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 October 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s women entrepreneurs - Case 3: Sarah Geoghegan
Although she is a member of Federation of Small Business and Scottish Chamber of Commerce, early in the pandemic she did not receive any support.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 October 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s women entrepreneurs - Case 4: Alison Gray
Just before the pandemic she won £40,000 from Scottish Edge funding which helped to build her e-platform.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 October 2021
Housing conditions and standards (updated) - Councils' powers to address poor house conditions
Otherwise it must serve a dangerous building notice ordering the owner to carry out work which the council considers necessary to remove the danger (again, this work can include demolition).Enhanced enforcement area (EEA)(Secondary legislation made under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014)A council can apply to Scottish Ministers for an area to be classified a...
Last updated:
11 May 2021
Chapter 15 Openness and Accessibility
The Committee may—
(a) refer the petition to the Scottish Ministers, any other committee of the Parliament or any other person or body for them to take such action as they consider appropriate;
(b) report to the Parliamentary Bureau or to the Parliament;
(c) take any other action which the Committee considers appropriate; or
(d) close the petition...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 March 2021
Police Scotland’s use of remote piloted aircraft systems and body worn video cameras - Providing cameras to all police officers
The Council’s Committee supports Police Scotland’s use of cameras, and “would welcome updates via the Scottish Police Authority in respect of budgeting and the impact it may have on other business areas within Police Scotland particularly within a context of local policing". iiInverclyde Council Local Police and Fire Scrutiny Committee written submission: h...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 March 2021
COVID-19: Scotland's colleges and universities - Mitigation measures
Retrieved from <a href="https://beta.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/debates-and-questions/questions/2021/01/21/s5w34725" target="_blank">https://beta.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/debates-and-questions/questions/2021/01/21/s5w34725</a>, the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science stated that students in higher education could use their additional year of funding - known as a +1 year - for this purpose, while care experienced students are eligible to access two additional years. It should be noted that all Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2021
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal for 2021/22 - The impact of Covid-19
The budget proposal states—
An important element of this increase will enable us to support parliament in scrutinising the delivery of value for money of the additional £8 billion made available by the Scottish Government in 2020/21 to respond to Covid-19.1Audit Scotland . (2021, January).
Committee reports
Date published:
29 January 2021
The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 - Education and Skills Committee Consideration
The Minister also stated that the Scottish Government is working with as many authorities as possible, within the funding available, and has established a deferral working group to gather and share useful information.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2021
Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Report - Taking children’s views into account
The new formulation on children’s views is found in Section 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and proceedings under the children’s hearing system provided for by the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.Children Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 as amended by Section 3 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Some stakeholders raised concerns that the wording in Section 8 of the Bill appeared weaker than the formulation in the 2020 Act, specifically in its reference to views “of which a Sheriff is aware”. In its written submission, Scottish...
