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Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Requirement for in-person appointments
However, it is possible that this may be more challenging among smaller island communities, as well as in remote parts of the mainland. It is the Member’s view that the code of practice should assess what additional steps, if any, need to be taken to ensure that consultations are able to take place in person in island and in more remote communities without ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2025
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Standards and regulation of services
In relation to reporting, the Scottish Recovery Consortium, and others, raised concerns that "it is not clear how the reporting arrangements interact with other requirements, such as those laid out in the MAT standards, nor is there an indication of action to be taken if the assessment is that a response to the requirements of the Act is inadequate". It also referred to the Code of Practice and said that further consultation on this would be necessary.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Background
SourceInformation publishedSEPAMonthly (weight in kilograms)Fish Health InspectorateWeekly (number of fish where reporting thresholds have been reached)Salmon ScotlandMonthly mortality rate (percentage of the total number of fish on the farm each month), Cumulative mortality over full production cycle (percentage of fish that have died on a farm during the entire production cycle, given as a percentage of the total number of fish that were initially stocked on the farm), includes notes on cause identified.Scottish Government Marine Directorate (fish farm production survey)Survival rate (percentage) from smolt input to harvest by year class.Source: Salmon Scotland written submission
Industry currently provides voluntary reporting of mortality data to the Fish Health Inspectorate for mortality above the thresholds set out in the Code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 November 2024
Adults with incapacity - 2024 update - Guardianship
(Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland))
How guardianship is set up (Scottish Government)
Applying to make decisions on behalf of someone else (Scottish Government)
Applying for a guardianship or intervention order - guide for carers (Scottish Government)
Code of Practice for persons authorised under intervention orders and guardians (Scottish Government)...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2024
Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Damages for unlawful eviction
Deborah Hay from Joseph Rowntree Foundation recommended there should be increased evidential requirements on landlords to prove a property is being sold, and penalties could include prohibition from re-letting property for an extended period.Meeting of the Parliament: LGHP/11/06/2024 | Scottish Parliament Website The Tenants Panel made a similar point about barring landlords from letting, and also suggested that the Code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 October 2024
Children and the Scottish Criminal Justice System (October 2024) - Possible changes to the children's hearings system
Retrieved from https://thepromise.scot/resources/2023/hearings-for-children-the-redesign-report.pdf It contained several recommendations which would change some of the key elements of the system as outlined above, including:
there must be a review of the current functions of CHS and SCRA to ensure that the redesigned system operates effectively and efficiently for children and families and adequately supports and resources the discrete legal functions of the National Convener and Principal Reporter
children should be fully informed of their right to legal representation; and there should be a review of whether the current mechanisms for them to access legal aid and support are sufficient
there must be a review of the existing Code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 June 2024
Children and the Scottish Criminal Justice System - Possible changes to the children's hearings system
Retrieved from https://thepromise.scot/resources/2023/hearings-for-children-the-redesign-report.pdf It contained several recommendations which would change some of the key elements of the system as outlined above, including:
there must be a review of the current functions of CHS and SCRA to ensure that the redesigned system operates effectively and efficiently for children and families and adequately supports and resources the discrete legal functions of the National Convener and Principal Reporter
children should be fully informed of their right to legal representation; and there should be a review of whether the current mechanisms for them to access legal aid and support are sufficient
there must be a review of the existing Code...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Overview of the Bill and general views
establishes new criminal offence for householders failing to meet their obligations around the disposal of waste as set out in the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
Section 11 - creates a new fixed penalty regime and civil penalty regime in relation to failure to comply with household waste requirements under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
Section 12 - introduces new obligations for Scottish Ministers to prepare a statutory code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Electoral reform in Scotland and the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Summary
The Bill makes provision relating to:
the extension of candidacy rights at Scottish Parliament and local government elections in Scotland to foreign nationals with limited leave to remain
extending the Elections Act 2022 disqualification order to bar individuals who have received such an order from being able to stand for election in Scotland
creating a new Scottish disqualification order which can apply to individuals found guilty of intimidating electoral workers
changes to the definition of notional expenditure at devolved Scottish elections, bringing the definition in line with that provided for in the Elections Act 2022
reducing the amount campaigners who do not have to register with the Electoral Commission can spend at Scottish Parliament elections to £700, in line with the Elections Act 2022
changing the rules on third party campaigners at Scottish Parliament elections by requiring the Electoral Commission to provide a code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - How has Scotland's labour market fared during the pandemic?
Regarding the distribution of earnings, Scotland's gender pay gap was 12.0% in 2022 (up from 11.1% in 2021 but below the UK-wide figure of 14.9%) and the disability pay gap was 16.2% in 2019 (the latest year for which reliable data is available, due to a coding error by the ONS). This gap has risen from 12.8% in 2014.
