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SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 March 2018
UK trade policy and Brexit - The Single Market
Single market membership also removes non-tariff barriers (NTBs) such as technical specifications and labelling requirements. This means Scottish businesses can effectively sell their goods to a ‘home market' of over 500 million consumers.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 February 2018
Report on Homelessness - Housing First pilots in Scotland
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20170615_Homelessness_Crisis.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20170615_Homelessness_Crisis.pdf</a> [accessed 19 September 2017]
Turning Point Scotland, which was one of the first organisations to implement the model in Scotland, highlighted that the major difference between this and other methods of providing homelessness services is that the service is not a staircase model, i.e. the individuals who present as homeless do not have to show commitment to maintaining a tenancy or give up any of their addictions, if that is relevant to their case, before they are given a permanent tenancy. They are given a Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2017
Income Tax in Scotland: 2017 update - Measuring behavioural responses
High income taxpayers, the self-employed, secondary earners in households, as well as taxpayers in systems where itemized deductions are available (e.g. charitable donations) tend to have the highest TIEs although there is substantial variation in TIEs depending on the study.3Berthier, A. (2014). The Scottish rate of income tax and additional rate taxpayers...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2018
Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill - Second Consideration Stage Report
The Minister also noted that the Scottish Government welcomed the amendments relating to establishing an appeals process.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 September 2025
Definitions of terminal illness in assisted dying legislation
This is similar, but not identical to, provisions in Scottish social security legislation whereby the Chief Medical Officer must prepare and publish guidance relating to the definition.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Options for a legal mechanism for triggering any independence referendum - Annexe A: extract from advisers' briefing
The following observations may be of interest from a Scottish perspective.
First, the provision must be placed into the context of decolonization.
Last updated:
20 February 2025
Disciplinary procedures
If you are on secondment to the Scottish Parliament, you are required to comply with the principles set out in the Code of Conduct.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2021
Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Report - Conclusions and recommendations
Legislating on such a serious and complex issue as domestic abuse is difficult and requires time for detailed consultation to take place, and we note that time for detailed scrutiny on this Bill has been curtailed in part because of the pandemic and because of the volume of other Scottish Government legislation that we have been required to consider at the ...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Aftercare
It was perceived as righting a wrong that had persistently been raised by the care experienced community, including by Jasmin-Kasaya Pilling, who raised the issue in a petition to the Scottish Parliament between 2022 and 2024.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 December 2025
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2024-2025 - 4.3.9. Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers14Scottish Government officials49Members of the Scottish Parliament12Scottish Parliament officials2Representatives of public bodies (including local authorities and health boards)37Representatives of private sector5UK Ministers0UK Government official...
