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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”.
News
Published:
1 July 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee seek views on proposed amendments to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
This followed the conclusion of a consensus agreement between COSLA and the Scottish Government on shared legal accountability for governance of the proposed National Care Service, which the Scottish Government had indicated would require the Bill to be substantially amended.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 February 2024
Local government finance: Budget 2024-25 and provisional allocations to local authorities - Comparing 2024-25 to the 2013-14 settlement
This increase is consistent with the trend seen in Exhibit 4 of the Accounts Commission's recent Local Government Financial Bulletin.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2024
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts – December 2023
On public sector pay, the SFC notes that increases “have a significant effect on Scottish Government spending”, with 2023-24 pay estimatediEstimates from the Scottish Government. to account for over £25bn of resource expenditure across the devolved public sector, including local government (over half of the resource budget).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 January 2024
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill - Review of relevant powers
Committee consideration
The UK Government states in its DPM that this power is required to take account of the complex framework contained in assimilated law on the welfare of animals in transport and other animal welfare legislation.
News
Published:
21 December 2023
Holyrood Committee Backs Visitor Levy Bill at Stage 1
The Report also said the Committee was “mindful of the concerns of accommodation providers that the introduction of a levy could result in an additional administrative burden” and welcomed the Bill’s requirements to implement localised monitoring and reporting to ensure transparency and accountability.
Considering if any levy should be a f...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 November 2023
Report on the Financial Memorandum for the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Education and communication costs
Engagement with the public will be a key element of implementing the policy, regardless of the outcome of the co-design process, therefore these should be taken into account and accurately quantified in the FM.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2023
Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Muirburn only permitted where ‘no other method of vegetation control is available’
If someone goes straight to using muirburn without taking other methods into account, NatureScot will probably want to know what else they have looked at and why they cannot use other methods.
News
Published:
24 October 2023
Holyrood Committee Recommends New Intergovernmental MoU to Address Post-EU Devolution Challenges
There is, therefore, a “significant risk” that laws made at a UK level in devolved areas will “lessen the accountability of the Scottish Ministers to the Scottish Parliament and lessen the opportunities for the public and stakeholders to engage at a devolved level.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 October 2023
Report from a partial evaluation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Annex 1.2.1: Survey of registered organisations on the Lobbying Register
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