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Committee reports
Date published:
11 March 2025
Stage 1 report - Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill - Views on definition and scope
I do not think that honour-based killings fall under that definition, so I welcome the wider scope of the bill in that regard.vOfficial Report, Criminal Justice Committee, 5 February 2025, col 10
In a written submission to the Committee, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, expressed concerns that the Bill “does not account for all forms of domestic ho...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 March 2025
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile 2025 update - Care arrangements
This should be developed with involvement from:
the child (whose views should be heard and taken into account wherever possible)
their parents
their prospective and current carers.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 January 2025
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - Overview
The budget bid includes a £2.7m (6.8%) increase in the staff pay budget compared to the current financial year. This takes account of changes to Employers’ National Insurance contributions introduced in the UK Autumn Budget and the inclusion of a cost-of-living award of 3.8% agreed with trade unions as part of the two-year pay deal, while maintaining the st...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Committee consideration
The Committee also agrees that community benefit funds should take into account the priorities of communities through a social contract in the consenting regime as recommended by the 2022 review of the aquaculture regulatory process in Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence (LDAN) Bill
Enable said it supported “the specific proposals for a new system of accountability, including a Commissioner role, to protect and promote the rights of people with learning disabilities”, although PAMIS asked whether that might be jeopardised subject to the Disability Commissioner Bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 December 2024
Scottish Budget 2025-26 - Public sector pay policy
This is a welcome change on previous years given spending on workforce pay now accounts for over half of the Scottish resource Budget.
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.
