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Committee reports
Date published:
3 May 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 1 - What the Committee heard
One of the ways the NCS Bill will help to achieve this, is through the new national shared accountability framework agreed with COSLA1Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport. (2024, December 13).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2024
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Stage 1 scrutiny: Committee reports
Where a young person is over 18, the Procurator Fiscal will also take into account the age they were when an offence was committed.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 April 2024
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing)(Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024 - Low income groups
The Government concluded that when propensity to purchase alcohol is taken into account the lowest groups are among the least likely to buy cheap alcohol.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2024
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Income tax: behavioural responses
Income tax: behavioural responses
The SFC forecasts that introducing the new Advanced rate and increasing the Top rate of income tax by 1p would raise £82m in 2024-25, after taking account of assumed behavioural changes.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Future Post-Legislative Scrutiny
In his view, “the requirement for transparency—which will include separate accounting, reporting on consultation and a review—will ensure fair and thorough evaluation of how the scheme is operating.”6Official Report of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. (2023, November 14).
Committee reports
Date published:
13 June 2023
Stage 1 Report for Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill - Capacity to cope with increased referrals to the Children's Hearings System
Recognising the additional pressures this may place on the Children's Hearing System and agencies supporting it, the Committee believes it is crucial that these factors are fully costed and taken into account when the Scottish Government updates the figures currently set out in the Financial Memorandum.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Background - calls for the Scottish SPCA to have powers to investigate wildlife crime
Possible disadvantages were listed as: "potential conflict between the SSPCA’s campaigning position, on issues such as snaring, and the use of powers to investigate incidents associated with those issues; and perceived lack of accountability for decisions made by charities (in comparison to police forces for example)".
Committee reports
Date published:
28 April 2023
Stage 1 Report on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Principles and communication
The Committee also agrees with the Royal College of Nursing that the Commissioner should be required to take account of existing legislation when drafting the principles and recommends that provision for such a requirement should be made on the face of the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 March 2023
College regionalisation inquiry - Flexibility
Official Report - Education, Children and Young People Committee - 21 September 2022, Col 30
In its evidence to the Committee, the SFC acknowledged the constraints of the re-classification, however, it also highlighted that colleges were protected by their current classification, as they are less likely to suffer significant financial losses.Official Report - Education, Children and Young People Committee - 5 October 2022, Col 35-36
EIS-FELA also suggested that ONS reclassification had brought a greater level of scrutiny on college finances than had existed previously, which the organisation welcomed.EIS-FELA written submission
Audit Scotland agreed that the move led to greater accountability...
News
Published:
3 March 2023
A Parliament for All - Reforms to strengthen representation and participation at Holyrood unveiled
Ensuring more publicly available and accessible data ensures more accountability
The concept of a Gender Sensitive Parliament has become an international democratic standard and has been championed by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
