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25 November 2024
A modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland
During the inquiry, the Committee also pursued the following objectives:
To engage with communities impacted by problems with ferry services and understand better the impact these have, particularly on island life (in particular, the effects of weather on services, sustainability of population and attracting inhabitants, access to key services and businesses)
To understand what a modern ferry service should look like from different perspectives, from island and mainland residents, individuals and businesses,
To consider and draw attention to best practice in ferry provision and service including considering examples from private enterprise or internationally;
To hold the Scottish Government, operators and asset holders to account...
Committee reports
Date published:
4 November 2024
National Performance Framework: proposed National Outcomes considered by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee - Indicators and measuring success
By extension, to support effective scrutiny, the Committee further believes that publicly accountable organisations should be required to demonstrate how their activities contribute to achieving the National Outcomes.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill - Republished - Procedure and Safeguards
If the coordinating or independent doctor has any doubt as to whether the person is terminally ill or has the capacity to make the request, they may refer them to a registered medical practitioner specialising in those areas for an assessment and then take account of their opinion.
When the coordinating and independent doctors are satisfied that the person;...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 November 2024
Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme - Confidence in the process going forward
While Transport Scotland indicated that issues around workforce availability and adverse weather are factored in to the development of delivery timetables, it remains unclear what impact the potential for increased wage demand will have on the overall cost of the A9 dualling programme and whether this has been accounted for.
In a letter to the Net Zero, Ene...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 October 2024
Report on Environmental Standards Scotland's Investigation into Climate Change Delivery - Scottish Government Improvement Plan
According to the Local Government Association (association of local government in England and Wales), a local authority's scope 3 emissions will be another organisation's scope 1 and 2 emissions and these are more difficult to account for as "the required data often lies with other organisations or individuals" resulting in "a higher degree of estimation".
Committee reports
Date published:
14 October 2024
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - Summary of recommendations
Prevention
The Committee would be interested to know the extent to which the Scottish Government considers that designating preventative spending as a third budget category, separate from capital and revenue spending, would be a helpful innovation that improves transparency and accountability in implementation of the health and social care budget and drives...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Stage 1 Report on Housing (Scotland) Bill: Part 5 (homelessness prevention) and Part 6 (other housing matters - fuel poverty) - Scrutiny of implementation costs Part 5
The IJB commenced the new financial year with a budget gap of £60 million and a requirement to save £48 million, the effect of which will permeate all the services that are delegated to the IJB across mental health and addiction, an awful lot of which accounts for and underpins homelessness presentations.xiiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committee.
News
Published:
9 September 2024
Holyrood Committee highlights serious shortcomings hampering fair and equitable implementation of Self-Directed Support Act
The Committee also concludes that there is an urgent need to establish a process of national oversight and clear lines of accountability across all levels of decision-making to ensure a significantly improved approach to monitoring and evaluation of SDS.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 July 2024
Economic inactivity and ill health in Scotland - Age, gender, and education
Although less of young people's inactivity is due to illness or disability than for those over 25, illness and disability have increasingly been cited as reasons for young people's NEET status (not in employment, education, or training).
Inactivity accounted for 54% of NEET young people in the UK in 2021, up from 41% in 2011; the increase was driven by a ri...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2024
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Impact
In its written evidence to the Committee, the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), stated that officers are held accountable by the standard of professional behaviour in the conduct regulations and that the “formalisation of a Code of ethics will have no noticeable effect as 99.9% of all officers have already been abiding to these standards”.
