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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...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2022
The Impact of Brexit on Devolution - Dispute Resolution
Retrieved from <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8562/documents/86664/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8562/documents/86664/default/</a>
The Scottish Government has previously recommended the need for “procedures for resolving disputes on the scope of reservations and the applicability ...
Last updated:
6 September 2022
No compulsory redundancy
The criteria to be used will be objective, non-discriminatory and in line with the Scottish Parliament’s Equality Framework.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 January 2022
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile - Support for care leavers
Support for care leavers
In recent years there has been growing recognition of the need to ensure continued support for young people leaving care. The Scottish Government's 2013 Staying Put Scotland guidance sets out:
In order to meet our aspirations for looked after children and young people we therefore need to ensure that they are encouraged, enabled an...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 January 2022
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 11 January 2022 - Scrutiny of instruments under the Committee’s remit: instruments drawn to the attention of the lead committee
It expands the existing requirement to have regard to guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers about measures to minimise risk of exposure to coronavirus.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 October 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s women entrepreneurs - Case 6: Sandra Macaskill
She was doing the feasibility study for applying for funding for this business through the UK and Scottish Government. Sandra was worried because the timelines had implications for funding.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 December 2020
Subordinate legislation considered by the Covid-19 Committee at its meeting on 17 December 2020
Introduction
This report sets out the Covid-19 Committee's consideration of Scottish Statutory Instruments ('SSIs') at its meeting on 17 December 2020.
