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SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 March 2024
Public participation in the Scottish Parliament: Understanding the core principles of deliberative democracy and creating a framework for measuring impact - 6: Toolkit for evaluating deliberative practice
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Committee reports
Date published:
6 November 2023
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances - Fiscal sustainability: context
The MTFS noted that the Scottish Government has created an external tax advisory group “to consider how best to engage with the public and other stakeholders on the future direction of tax policy, including whether a national conversation on tax is required”.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 October 2023
Female participation in sport and physical activity - Funding
The Committee would also be interested to see more sporting bodies being encouraged to undertake analysis of the social return on investment in their sport, including the wider benefits to female health and wellbeing.
Drawing on best practice examples from other countries, the Committee would support an element of conditionality being introduced to the allo...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2023
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Scottish waste targets and trends
published in 2016 is considered to provide the best insight to date on the scale of food and drink waste.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Stakeholder reactions
Others, such as the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) point to the gaps in evidence around the impacts of muirburn and highlight the need for an "adaptive management approach to muirburn rather than substantial restrictions or a 'no management' approach", though note that "there is a case for updating the existing muirburn code and best practice" ...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Resources
It should also attribute responsibility for determining which organisation is best placed to undertake an investigation in any given circumstance.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Future transport ferries governance arrangements
The work that is currently underway to consult with island communities on its next steps and how best to implement the future new vessels programme is therefore also welcome.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Governance arrangements
During oral evidence, the Director of Aviation, Maritime, Freight and Canals acknowledged that while the governance arrangements in place for the project departed from best practice, “there was still good evidence of risk management and escalation throughout the project, albeit that that was not documented in the manner that we might have liked”.4Official R...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 February 2023
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) - Risks to standards and protections
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The UK Government stated in a letter to DPLR Committee that a sunset “will accelerate reform and regulatory change by a specific date” and “incentivise genuine reform of retained EU laws in a way that works best for the UK”. It also pointed to the extension mechanism which: “Should it be required…will provide additional time [until 2...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2023
The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland - A "new deal" on funding and policy development?
There are also views that it does not optimise public benefit because schemes are often too narrowly defined and are out of keeping with a place-based approach to tackling net zero now recognised as best practice. Finally, we are concerned by evidence that the short-term nature of much challenge funding actively works against the long-term goal of achieving...
