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SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 March 2025
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile 2025 update - Key legislation
Amendments to the 1995 Act via the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 introduced duties for the local authority, when making decisions about the care of a looked after child, to take the views of their siblings into account; and to promote direct contact and personal relations between a looked after child and any of their siblings.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2024
Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Introduction
Under the Parliament’s Standing Orders Rule 9.6.3(a), it is for the lead committee to report to the Parliament on the general principles of the Bill. In doing so, it must take account of views submitted to it by any other committee.
Last updated:
13 November 2024
Sexual harassment policy
Sexist behaviour and sexual harassment do not belong in the Parliament and we are committed to creating the shared understanding of appropriate behaviours, culture, and accountability mechanisms that will eradicate them.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2024
Report on Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach - Public sector pay
Public sector pay
The SFC’s fiscal update noted that the total public sector pay bill for 2023-24 was around £25 billion, over half of Scottish Government resource spending, and that the public sector in Scotland accounts for 22.6% of total Scottish employment compared to 17.6% for the UK overall.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 November 2024
Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme - Governance and reporting
The Committee strongly believes that a committee with a remit focused on the A9 dualling programme would gain expertise on the issues and challenges still to be resolved in the delivery of the Scottish Government’s commitment, and use this expertise and institutional knowledge to ensure the Government is properly held to account on its commitment over the n...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2024
Report on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach - Use of Session 2 Finance Committee criteria
Indeed, the FM for the Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill confirms that, in drafting the document, “reference was … made to the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee Report on Accountability and Governance” of Session 2.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2024
UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Barriers to trade in goods and opportunities to improve the UK-EU trading relationship - Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
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The Scottish Government indicated that SPS measures posed particular challenges for Scottish exports, outlining that “Scottish agrifood exports comprise a larger share of our GDP than in the rest of the UK and we account for 30% of total UK food and drink exports”.13Scottish Government. (2024, August 29).
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2024
Scottish Languages Bill - Stage 1 Report - National Strategy
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In their written evidence, Misneachd Alba stated—
The increased role for the Scottish Government in steering language policy rather than Bòrd na Gàidhlig could risk accusations of centralisation, but should also increase democratic accountability, and...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 - Conclusions and Recommendations
The Scottish Government is asked to consider what more should be done to ensure reducing inequalities is taken account of in procurement processes. This should include the strengthening of the sustainable procurement duty and the inclusion of specific references to the public sector equality duty and fair work obligations.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Use of agricultural land: diversification
The changes encourage tenants to consider and state the intended environmental benefit from any proposed diversification, and requires the Land Court to take the potential for sustainable and regenerative agriculture and environmental benefit into account when weighing in on any objections from landlords in relation to diversification.
