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SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill
Passage of the Bill
ThePow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill (‘the Bill’) was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 17 March 2017. It was a Private Bill promoted by the Pow of Inchaffray Commissioners, who oversee management and maintenance of the Pow.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 February 2022
Inquiry into perinatal mental health - Annexe A - Summary of recommendations from the written call for evidence
Annexe A - Summary of recommendations from the written call for evidence
Respondents to the call for views were asked: How can the Scottish Government improve perinatal mental health services in Scotland, both in the short term and over the next five years?
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21 - A comparison with the EU Internal Market?
While the EU allows for laws that prohibit or restrict the sale of goods on a number of grounds such as public policy, public security and even public morality, the UKIM bill allows for only a few – taxation, threats to animal and human health, and chemical regulation. Michael Russell, the Scottish constitution minister, claimed that UK government had given...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 April 2020
The revised UK Fisheries Bill - 3.1.2 New objectives: Bycatch
Retrieved from <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722074/fisheries-wp-consult-document.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722074/fisheries-wp-consult-document.pdf</a> [accessed 20 February 2020]
In its Future Fisheries Management Discussion Paper, the Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2019
Subject choices in schools - Consortium arrangements
When asked about whether Equality Impact AssessmentsiAn Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) involves assessing the impact of new or revised policies, practices or services against the requirements of the public sector equality duty. The duty requires all Scottish public authorities to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance e...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - Marine Protected Areas management and funding - California and Malaysia
Four more MPAs (which aim to protect minke whales, Risso’s dolphins and basking sharks) are currently being developed, and the Scottish Government also plans to consult on a new deep sea marine reserve to the West of Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 February 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill - Current law on assault in Scotland
As a result of this ruling, the then Scottish Executive launched a consultation in 2000 on changing the law to take account of the Court's judgment.5Scottish Executive. (2000).
Committee reports
Date published:
1 February 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill - Rights of the family and their consent
I do not think we can push families into a situation in which donation is forced through against their wishes”.Health and Sport Committee, Official Report, 13 November 2018, Col 27
Professor Marc Turner, Medical Director and designated individual on tissues and cells with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), highlighted the potential dil...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 July 2018
Bank closures: impact on local businesses, consumers and the Scottish economy - ATMs
said that the FIP covers less than 3% of ATMs, which it considers is not enough.iiiEJFW Committee, Official Report, 12 June 2018, col 13
Witnesses voiced concern about the potential impact of LINK's reductions to ATM charges. Pete Cheema of the Scottish Grocers Federation spoke of the impact of LINK's interchange charges on its members:
We have been contact...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 March 2018
The impact of Brexit on Scotland's growth sectors - Workers
This is, in any case, a much bigger reliance than average, if set against 5.3% of EU workers employed in the Scottish economy in total. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)3Recruitment & Employment Confederation. (2017, July).
