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SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 March 2025
Approaches to recall of elected representatives - Consideration of recall during the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Retrieved from https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-bill-the-next-steps-for-senedd-reform/ [accessed 27 June 2024] The current Senedd returned its members (Members of the Senedd, MS) under the same Additional Member System used to elect MSPs to the Scottish Parliament. At present, there are 40 single-member cons...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - The “Chargeable Transaction”
Whilst not insurmountable, any levy introduced under the Bill will present challenges to business and the Committee invites the Scottish Government to respond to the concerns set out above in respect of any potential “gaming” of the system, challenges in separating out the “chargeable transaction” from packages, the interaction with online booking platforms...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Process for submitting returns
The current process places the administrative burden solely on the organisations or individuals participating in direct contact with MSPs or other Scottish Government officials. For larger organisations, particularly for those who deliver multiple services or activities across a range of settings, both locally and nationally, it is a more onerous task to ga...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 April 2023
Long COVID - Stigma
The Committee was concerned to hear of the apparent lack of any lessons being learned from other chronic illnesses such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in raising awareness of Long COVID and avoiding stigma around the condition, and would ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to look at this given the evidence ...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Annexe D: Written evidence and engagement
Experiences and reflections of working at the shipyard when the Scottish Government appointed Turnaround Director was responsible
A “culture of managers” was said to have continued when the turnaround director, Tim Hair was responsible for the yard, with lots of additional management staff being brought in by Mr Hair.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 October 2022
Stage 1 Report on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - Religious sensitivities
They take the view that how acquiring a GRC affects a person’s definition and rights under the Equality Act 2010 and believe that this is a central issue in determining what impact the Bill might have on women and girls and seeks clarification on that from the Scottish Government.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 August 2022
Scottish Attainment Challenge - Freedom within a framework
Given the critical role headteachers play in delivery and accountability for PEF spending, the Committee asks the Scottish Government to set out what steps it is taking to address recruitment and retention issues.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2022
Robbing Peter to pay Paul: Low income and the debt trap - Social Security direct deductions
It is still early days in terms of the delivery of Scottish benefits. We will monitor the levels of debt from overpayments and debt recovery policies as the volume of Social Security Scotland benefits increase to ensure claimants are treated with dignity and respect and their personal circumstances are considered.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 May 2022
Social Work in Scotland - Integration issues
[There is] the unanticipated consequence of integration where social work and social care is currently fragmented across different public bodies in different integration arrangements
Scottish Government. (2021). A National Care Service for Scotland: consultation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 October 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s women entrepreneurs - Case 7: Genna Masterton
She could get this money through the Scottish Government Digital Boost and Development Fund.
