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Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Adult mental health - Signposting to local support
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During evidence, the Committee sought to explore the extent to which GPs are aware of more local forms of community-based activities and peer support groups. SAMH responded?
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 of practice on such campaigning, and by allowing Scottish Ministers to change the categories of third party campaigners by secondary legislation
measures to allow for re-scheduling of Scottish elections in emergency situations
allowing the Electoral Management Board for Scotland, Electoral Registration Officers and Scottish Ministers, as well as local authorities, to be able to propose electoral pilots
giving Scottish Ministers a power to allow funding for increased democratic engagement
changing the law on digital imprints on material relating to Scottish elections
changing the Boundaries Scotland review deadline to match five year local government election cycles
creating a deputy convener post within the Electoral Management Board for Scotland
changing the legal status of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland
parliamentary scrutiny of the Electoral Commission's activities...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2024
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Behaviours covered by the offences
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/abortion-services-safe-access-zones-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/abortion-services-safe-access-zones-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf</a> [accessed 19 December 2023] states (paragraph 57):
Such flexibility reflects the reality that it is not practicable to define all potential kinds of anti-abortion activity...
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2024
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Economic conditions
Business sentiment is, she further notes, also improving, with most businesses expecting that there will be an increase in activity over the first half of 2024.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - Enhancing climate scrutiny in Session 6
As part of this, another area of focus to the end of the Session is to build on the activities already offered to individual academics and higher education institutions through the Parliament’s Academic Engagement programme, to strengthen capacity in climate change knowledge exchange.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 August 2023
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill - Extension of the complaints system to unregulated legal services providers
The Policy Memorandum states that this would:
273. ... offer a ‘kitemark’ (or recognition that those legal service providers were part of a consumer redress scheme) to those providers who wished to join, allowing consumers to make an informed choice when selecting legal services. 86% of respondents to the consultation indicated that there should be a level of redress for all legal complaints, regardless of regulated activity...
News
Published:
14 June 2023
Holyrood Committee to visit Roxburghe Estates as part of its scrutiny of the Wildlife Management & Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
The Bill aims to address raptor persecution and ensure that management of grouse moors and related activities are undertaken in an environmentally sustainable and welfare conscious way.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2023
Subordinate legislation considered by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 31 May 2023 - Animal By-Products and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
Salmonella National Control Programme (NCP) (Zoonoses) fees – activities, including inspection services, in relation to the control of Salmonella in accordance with the Salmonella National Control Programme for poultry and retained Regulation (EC) 2160/2003.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 April 2023
Long COVID - UK wide funded research
Two of these 15 projects were Scottish led—
Activity tracking and just-in-time messaging to improve adaptive pacing: a pragmatic randomised control trial – Professor Nicholas Sculthorpe – University of the West of Scotland
ReDIRECT – Remote diet intervention to reduce Long-COVID symptoms trial - Dr Emilie Combet and Dr David Blane – University of Glasgow1Wr...
News
Published:
31 March 2023
MSPs seek views on grouse moor management and raptor persecution laws
MSPs will consider the Bill which aims to address the illegal targeting of birds of prey and ensure that the management of grouse moors and related activities are carried out in an environmentally sustainable way, that considers the welfare of wild birds and animals.
