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SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 March 2020
Issue 3: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - Commons Committee begins inquiry on the future relationship
On the potential role for the devolved administrations in the negotiations, the Minister told the Committee:
More broadly, Mike Russell on behalf of the Scottish Government has made a number of suggestions about how we can involve devolved administrations in negotiations that have informed our approach.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 January 2020
Access to EU funding as a third country - Future participation
In a submission to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee's Arts Funding Inquiry it wrote:
The next programme will be even more relevant to the needs of the Scottish arts sector. With sector-specific actions in fields such as music and architecture planned, as well as a new initiative for supporting the mobility of artists and individua...
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2019
Report on Funding of European Union Structural Fund priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit - Impact
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Inquiries/3.2_SOLACE.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Inquiries/3.2_SOLACE.pdf</a> [accessed 11 September 2019]
Some evidenced the impact of EUSF to Scotland by other means, for example, in terms of providing infrastructure such as award winning tourism and heritage centres (as highlighted by Historic Environment Scotland) or in relation to providing jobs, training and supporting business as set out by the Minister to the EEFW Committee—
Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 July 2019
Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 - Number of dog wardens
Number of dog wardens
Section 1(6) of the 2010 Acts requires that an authorised officer is appointed for the purposes of the Act and places a requirement on local authorities to authorise at least one such officer. 1Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 Explanatory Notes - Scottish Dog Control Database. (n.d.) Retrieved from <a href="https://www.legislati...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 July 2019
Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 - Impact of dog attacks
Mr Joyce described their facial and limb injuries as ‘life changing’ to the extent that it was unclear whether they will be able to continue in their roles as postal workers.2The Scottish Parliament. (2019, February 21).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 June 2019
The impact of Brexit on the civil and criminal justice systems and policing in Scotland - Criminal justice and policing
Helen Nisbett of the COPFS told the Committee that a final agreement to some all-embracing treaty that preserved the current position as far as possible, albeit on a different legal basis from the current one, and—more importantly—if it sought to preserve the capacity for us to innovate further in future in our relationship with European partners, might mean that the practical impact of Brexit from the UK or Scottish...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 June 2019
The Human Tissue (Authorisation)(Scotland) Bill - Stage 3 Proceedings - About the Bill
Retrieved from <a href="https://parliament.scot/S5_Bills/Human%20Tissue%20(Authorisation)%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill32S052018.pdf" target="_blank">https://parliament.scot/S5_Bills/Human%20Tissue%20(Authorisation)%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill32S052018.pdf</a> is a Scottish Government Bill which contains proposals to introduce a system of 'deemed au...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 April 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank Bill - Appendix C: Glossary
More details are available from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/22
Financial transactions: These are a form of capital budget allocated by HM Treasury to the Scottish Government which can only be used for the provision of loans or equity investment beyond the public sector and cannot be used to fund public services.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 April 2019
Report on Scottish National Standardised Assessments - Use of teachers' time
Use of teachers' time
A regular theme of evidence in previous Committee inquiries this Parliamentary session is the number of priorities putting pressure on teaching time. Scottish Government policy at a national level should reflect the existing pressure on the education system.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2019
Housing and Social Security - Support for making UC claims
With explicit consent having been given, a landlord can contact the DWP and once their identity has been confirmed the case manager will be able to talk to the landlord directly.
However, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), has said that housing association staff have go through a separate consent process every time they try and sort o...
