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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 September 2021
Energy Policy - Subject Profile - Key Issues and Scrutiny of Scotland's Approach
Another witness underlined the importance of a body to spot problems before they became “a matter of post hoc accountability”. In the interests of ensuring continuity of delivery for the strategy, the Committee recommends a long term framework be put in place; one which could include the establishment of an independent body.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2021
Marine and Fisheries: Subject Profile - Finfish aquaculture
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/news/scottish-fish-farm-production-survey-2019/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/news/scottish-fish-farm-production-survey-2019/</a> [accessed 1 June 2021]
Farmed salmon is a major Scottish export; according to the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation, the value of Scottish salmon accounts for...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Environment: Subject Profile - Marine protected areas and other approaches
Impacts of development and use on the national status of Priority Marine Features must be considered when decisions are being made, taking account of the advice of Statutory Advisors.
Committees
Published:
29 July 2021
Priorities for Session 6- Homes for Scotland - 29 July 2021
Housing and housing strategy
(a) Housing to 2040 states that “… overall we need to have many more homes than ever before” yet there is a disappointing lack of acknowledgement of the role the new build private sector will have to play in delivering this, despite it accounting for three quarters of the 22,596 homes completed in 2019.
Committees
Published:
27 July 2021
Priorities for Session 6- Scotland's Regeneration Forum - 27 July 2021
New Regeneration Strategy: The SURF network believes the 2011 National Regeneration Strategy needs to be updated. A new strategy should: take account of the COVID-19 lessons; simplify a complex regeneration policy and practice landscape; articulate a sustainable balance of roles, resources and responsibilities; and focus on tackling poverty and facilitating...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 June 2021
Scottish Criminal Justice System: The Prison Service - Prison population: total, sentenced and remand
The Scottish Prison Service's annual report for 2019-20 (p 41) noted that:1Scottish Prison Service. (2020, December 24). Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Publication-7322.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Publication-7322.aspx</a>
The p...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 March 2021
Local Government and Communities Committee Session 5 Legacy Report - Building Regulations and fire safety
Continuing its work from February 2017, in early June 2017 the Committee expanded its work on the building standards verification scheme to include consumer rights in relation to building work and take account of the findings in the Report on the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools by Professor John Cole CBE.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 March 2021
Key audit themes: Managing public sector ICT projects - Learning lessons
A first step in that process is an acceptance by the public body, and where relevant by the Scottish Government, that things have not gone to plan and that mistakes have been made. While accountable officers and the Scottish Government have acknowledged in evidence to the Committee that lessons have needed to be learned in connection with particular project...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 January 2021
BiFab, the offshore wind sector and Scottish supply chain - Investment
The financial loss to the public purse of BiFab failing as a company demonstrates that greater accountability and transparency is needed.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 January 2021
BiFab, the offshore wind sector and Scottish supply chain - Enterprise Agency investment
Highlands and Islands Enterprise also detailed investment including: £58M in port and harbour infrastructure, account management support to 150 businesses in the energy supply chain, meet the buyer events and development of the DeepWind cluster.
