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SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2024
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023 - 4.3.15. Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 15 June 2021)
Convener: Finlay Carson (Con)
Deputy Convener: Beatrice Wishart (LD)
Membership: The committee has 9 members
Committee meetingsThere were 22 meetings in the parliamentary yearNumberTotal meetings of the Committee22Meetings held wholly in private2Meetings held partly in private14Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings8Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Karen AdamSNP21 (22)Alasdair AllanSNP22 (22)Ariane BurgessGreen21 (22)Finlay CarsonCon22 (22)Jim FairlieSNP22 (22)Rachael HamiltonCon22 (22)Jenni MintoSNP21 (22)Mercedes VillalbaLab19 (22)Beatrice WishartLD22 (22)Substitute membersSubstitute membersPartyNumber of meetings attendedEmma HarperSNP2Liam McArthurLD0Edward MountainCon0Colin SmythLab0Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Emma Johnston
Advisers
Professor Paul Fernandes, Heriot-Watt University - adviser on post-EU exit fisheries policy
Dr Mary Dobbs, Maynooth University - adviser on post-EU exit agriculture policy
Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University - adviser on post-EU exit agriculture policy
Visits: None
Events: None
WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers14Scottish Government officials44Members of the Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2024
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Third sector funding principles - Inflation
The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government and statutory funders ensure that funding arrangements include provisions for inflation-based adjustments, particularly multi-year grants and those that roll on year-to-year.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 2 - Pressures on social care organisations and the available marketplace of providers
The Committee further calls on the Scottish Government to set out how it will ensure national oversight of this process.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2024
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - The current police misconduct procedures
PIRC will determine if it is reasonable and proportionate to pursue proceedings after this period.Investigate misconduct allegations for senior officersNO CHANGEThe Bill will introduce an enabling power that would allow the Scottish Government to confer further functions on to the PIRC – including the presentation of cases at senior officer misconduct heari...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 May 2024
Complaint against Michael Matheson MSP - Conclusions and recommendations
Ultimately, the Committee considers that the findings of the SPCB, indicate a position in which the standards of conduct expected from Members of the Scottish Parliament have not been met. The unanimous view of the Committee is that it is therefore appropriate to recommend sanctions for consideration by the Parliament.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 April 2024
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape - A Strategic Approach - Summary
Nonetheless, given the relatively recent establishment of the Scottish Parliament, there is an opportunity for it to evolve and adopt best practices effectively.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2023
A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland - Annexe C - Themes discussed at engagement events
Annexe C - Themes discussed at engagement events
Scottish Youth Parliament – Online Engagement Event – Themes – 17 January 2023
Cost
Ferries were described as equivalent to bus services for young islanders
Where overnight stays are required due to timetables not aligning with activities, the cost can be prohibitive to participation
Taking a car is expensiv...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 April 2023
Long COVID - Coding
The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government works with the National Strategic Network and health boards on improving accurate coding of Long COVID by GPs and explores possible simplifications to the process of coding.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Launch of vessel 801
It also confirms that—
the former chair and Chief Executive Officer of CMAL were listed as “participants” at the launch.
had the First Minister been unavailable, alternative arrangements would have been put in place for the launch to have proceeded in her absence.9Correspondence to the Convener from Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, Scottish Governmen...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 October 2022
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Procurement Bill - Annex: additional delegated powers in the Bill
Annex: additional delegated powers in the Bill
Clauses:PowerClause 6 Defence and Security ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations specifying that a contracting authority is a defence authority.Clause 8 Light Touch ContractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority (minister of the Crown, Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland Department) to make regulations specifying which categories of contract can benefit from “light touch” provisions.Clause 12 The national procurement policy statementConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to publish a National Procurement Policy Statement and creates an obligation for contracting authorities to have regard to that NPPS.Clause 33 Reserving Contracts to Public Service MutualsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to specify the services which contracting authorities can reserve certain contracts to be bid for by public service mutuals.Clause 41 Direct Award to Protect Life etcConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations that certain contracts, or classes of contracts, can be procured without running a competition (direct award) when they are necessary to protect life.Clause 50 Key Performance IndicatorsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations setting the KPI’s in certain public contracts to measure contract performance.Clause 51 Contract Detail Notices and Publication of ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland Department to make regulations to amend the financial threshold for the purposes of contract publication.Clause 61 Debarment Decisions: AppealsConfers a power on a Minster of the Crown to make regulations providing for a statutory appeal mechanism for suppliers to appeal debarment decisions.Clause 62 Electronic Invoicing: Implied TermConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to amend the requirements of an electronic invoice.Clause 63 Implied Payment Terms in Public ContractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations to amend the 30 day payment period.Clause 64 Payments Compliance NoticesConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations setting out the form and content of a payment’s compliance notice.Clause 65 Information about payments under public contractsConfers a power on an appropriate authority to make regulations amending the financial threshold or period of time for publication of certain public contracts that meet the financial threshold when payment is made.Clause 70 Contract Change Notices and Publication of ModificationsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the financial threshold over which a contracting authority has to publish a contract change notice.Clause 78 Regulated Below-threshold ContractsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the financial threshold to take account both inflation and interaction with the upper thresholds.Clause 79 Regulated below-threshold contracts: noticesConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the financial thresholds.Clause 80 Regulated below-threshold contracts: implied payment termsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the threshold contacts for the purpose of changing the number of days for the sum due to be paid under the contract (no more than 30 days).Clause 81 Treaty state suppliersConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend schedule 9 (which sets out a list of the agreements under which such entitlements are created) for the purpose of an international agreement.Clause 84 Pipeline noticesConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to change the financial thresholds.Clause 86 notices, documents and information: regulationsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to amend the number and content of different obligations to publish or produce notices, documents and other information.Clause 88 Information relating to a procurementConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to set a minimum requirement for how contracting authorities receive information and for contracting authorities to take information from the register to suppliers.Clause 97 Recommendations following procurement investigationsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make recommendations as to how to prevent future non-compliance.Clause 98 Guidance following procurement investigationsConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to provide guidance to ensure that all contracting authorities can learn from the non-compliance identified in the course of the investigation.Clause 104 Disapplication of duty in section 17 of the Local Government Act 1988Confers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations to disapply the prohibitions on a case-by-case basis.Clause 108 Power to disapply this Act in relation to procurement by NHS in EnglandConfers a power on a Minister of the Crown to make regulations in relation to devolved Scottish...
