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Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2024
Education (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - More than a rebrand?
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/education-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf
In relation to improving the culture, the Policy Memorandum stated that the Bill is “an opportunity to reset the culture and engagement arrangements with all stakeholders, ensuring the national qualifications body’s governance structures reflect, represent and are accountable...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill - Republished - The Current Law on Murder and Culpable Homicide
Retrieved from https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-code/ [accessed 30 September 2024] provides an overview of the issues Procurators Fiscal may take into account when reaching a decision about whether a prosecution is in the public interest.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 October 2024
Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry - Travel policy for patients
Participants highlighted the significantly higher costs and longer travel times they consistently face and the failure of reimbursement policies to take account of these. Participants also highlighted the particular logistical challenges associated with attending appointments at healthcare centres that may be located a significant distance from where they l...
Committee reports
Date published:
29 May 2024
Annual Report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee for 2023-24 - Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025
The Committee agreed a three-year pre-budget scrutiny plan to look at each principle of human rights budgeting in turn: participation in year 1, transparency in year 2 and accountability in year 3. Therefore in this reporting year the focus was on participation.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 May 2024
Additional Support for Learning inquiry - Physical environment
These barriers may be created as the result of factors such as the ethos and relationships in the school, inflexible curricular arrangements and approaches to learning and teaching which are inappropriate because they fail to take account of additional support needs.
A number of respondents to the call for views pointed out that the physical environment of ...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Background
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/visitor-levy-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/visitor-levy-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf</a>
The Policy Memorandum also notes that the Scottish Government’s approach to a visitor levy has taken account...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Business visitors
Business visitors
Several stakeholders highlighted the view that this part of the Bill failed to recognise the importance of business visitors, with the City of Edinburgh Council noting that they accounted for 12% of overnight stays in 2021.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 November 2023
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2021-2022 - 4.3.9. Finance and Public Administration Committee
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Established: 15 June 2021
Remit: To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
(a) any report or other document containing proposals for, or budgets of, public revenue or expenditure or proposals for the making of a Scottish rate resolution, taking into account any re...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Proactive disclosure and publication of diaries
Few dispute that, while lobbyists bear responsibility for their actions, the primary onus for transparency is on public officials and representatives: those who are accountable to the citizenry and have a duty to act, and be seen to act, in the open and with integrity.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Respondents to the survey of registered organisations
There were 242 responses to this question.SectorResponsesPercentage of responsesHealth and social care3313.5%Education and childcare239.4%Equality, social issues, and religion239.4%Transport, planning, and property197.8%Culture, tourism and sport177.0%Consultancy, accountancy, banking, and finance145.7%Environment and animal welfare145.7%Energy and utilitie...
