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Committee reports
Date published:
9 May 2025
Scotland's City and Regional Growth Deals - Cluttered policy and funding landscape
We remain sceptical that this is the best environment to deliver economic development policy in Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 April 2025
Intergovernmental activity update Q1 2025 - Interministerial meetings
To support this, Ministers agreed a number of points on which the Governments would work together and share best practice in future.
The minutes also record that “Devolved Government ministers also shared their disappointment that [UK Government] Treasury ministers had not attended to discuss agricultural funding, as had been requested at the previous IMG”....
Committee reports
Date published:
24 March 2025
Inquiry into Framework Legislation and Henry VIII powers - Flexibility
There is an iterative process to try to arrive at the best piece of legislation to give effect to ministers’ decisions.iDelegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 March 2025
Approaches to recall of elected representatives - Recall of Members of Parliament (House of Commons, UK Parliament)
The UK Government provided an estimate of the cost of a recall petition as between £37,700 and £100,500 with a best estimate of £64,300 when it introduced the draft Recall of MPs Bill.9UK Government. (2011, December).
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2025
Subordinate legislation considered by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 19 February 2025
He said excluding crofters would not be the best course of action because "We want to get everybody involved in as much of the system as we can".
Committee reports
Date published:
24 January 2025
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal for 2025/26 - Audit modernisation project
However, the budget proposal notes that “the potential additional requirements in 2026/27 and 2027/28 … are based on best estimates at this stage of the project and exclude optimism bias”, adding “any additional system functionality requirements could impact on future funding requests though a full options appraisal will be undertaken before any request is ...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Report on the National Performance Framework: Review of National Outcomes - Implementation
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The WEAS and others support the provision of a Commissioner (proposed in the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill) as the best way to provide a central long-term view, not currently provided in Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Report on the National Performance Framework: Review of National Outcomes - The Scottish Government approach to consultation
As the SHRC explained—
If the NPF is to be our vision for Scotland, everybody’s views have to be part of it. The NPF team did its best with the data that was available, but the team should have been afforded better resources to show the Scottish Government’s commitment to the process.3Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2024, September 17).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 June 2024
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare in Scotland - Scottish policy and strategies
Furthermore, the Data Strategy sets out our intent to work towards the safe adoption of AI tools, working to international best practice. We have also committed to developing a policy framework for adoption of AI across health and [care] by Spring 2024.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Summary of recommendations
To add to the provisions in the Bill, the Committee asks the Scottish Government to:
clarify what mechanisms will be put in place to ensure that clear objectives are set for any election pilots and for evaluation of any pilots (in addition to the evaluation that the Electoral Commission is required to carry out)
confirm that the Electoral Commission will be added to the list of bodies to be consulted on proposed election pilots
clarify that voter registration, including automatic voter registration, can be the subject of an election pilot
consider the evidence from the Electoral Commission in relation to the Commission’s plans to establish a fund to support democratic engagement and indicate how it might work with the Commission to ensure best...
