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Committee reports
Date published:
5 February 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill - The Bill - general principles
She said
A universal approach is the right one because it means that no one gets left behind. I am confident that the system would not be abused and that people would use it on the basis of need.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 November 2019
Report on capital resources for Police Scotland in the Scottish Government's 2020-21 budget - Plans to reduce the number of police officers
Mr Page explained “That is why, as the chief constable has said, in line with the deficit management plan, we will have to cut police officer numbers by 750 by the end of next year, once we get past Brexit”. 2Justice Sub-Committee on Policing. (2019, September 12).
Committee reports
Date published:
25 June 2019
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2019 - Proposed Regulations - Bullying and Harassment Issues - The Sturrock Report
Recognising that consideration of whistleblowing concerns should not be simply through a change of process or transaction they have appointed two “speak up” ambassadors supported by an extensive network of individual “speak up” advocates whose role is to encourage and support whistleblowers ensuring they get support throughout any whistleblowing process.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2019
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Restraint in the home
The purpose of such action is to stop a child coming to immediate harm.Official Report, 7 March, col. 7
Andy Jeffries, Social Work Scotland, agreed—
Restraint is sometimes necessary for the safety of the child or somebody else—if children are punching each other you would put yourself between them—but that is not the same as hitting a child, which is the bit that we are saying is inconsistent with children’s rights.Official Report, 21 March, col. 8
Dr Louise Hill, CELCIS, questioned the response of physically punishing a child in these situations, saying, “as a parent of young children, if they run into traffic, my immediate response is to hold them. I get...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 April 2019
The expansion of early learning and childcare - Participation
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.angus.gov.uk/sites/angus-cms/files/2018-04/128_App.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.angus.gov.uk/sites/angus-cms/files/2018-04/128_App.pdf</a> [accessed 26 February 2019]
The 2018 NDNA survey reported that only 7% of nurseries said they could deliver 1,140 hours at the current funding rate (i.e. the rate paid for 600 hours), with 46% of respondents stating that they were unlikely or very unlikely to get...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2019
Housing and Social Security - Bedroom Tax - social sector tenants
The Scottish Government's expectation is that anyone affected by the bedroom tax should be able to get DHP from their local authority to cover the reduction in benefit (see more in the section on DHPs).
Committee reports
Date published:
31 October 2018
Pre-budget scrutiny report - Scottish Government’s approach to financing and supporting community and locally owned energy
In particular, they have been calling for local authorities to get involved in municipal energy, generating electricity, managing distribution grids and running energy efficiency schemes and retail sales.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2018
The Governance of the NHS in Scotland - ensuring delivery of the best healthcare for Scotland - Undertaking the role
Dr Graham Foster, Director of Public Health and Strategic Planning at NHS Forth Valley told the Committee: “I have the hugest respect for the non-execs on our board; I see them working incredibly hard to get to grips with extremely complex and difficult challenges, often in situations that they are not used to.”He told the Committee that in recent years the...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 June 2018
The Regulation and Governance of Medical Devices in Scotland - The Health Innovation Assessment Portal
The portal has the ability to canvass and receive feedback on submissions across a wide cross-section of NHSScotland.1In discussion with a representative from Health Facilities Scotland. (2018).
Companies can use the portal to get help to develop ideas, products and technologies that may be of potential use to NHSScotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Carer's assistance
She explained—
whether a carer is in education, how many hours a week the carer spends caring and what employment they are in, and there is a risk that those things will still function as a barrier to carers getting into the workplace, developing their skills and capacity when they are on their carer journey and, therefore, being appropriately qualified or ...
