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SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Animal health and welfare - Subject Profile - Key policy, legislation, roles and responsibilities
It is often used as a term when species management is employed e.g. to protect habitats or to mitigate conflicts or tensions between wildlife and human activities. Animal welfare issues can arise where species or habitats are managed for specific outcomes.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2021
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Legacy Report - Session 5 - Annexe 4 - Engagement Case Study - Climate Change
All further sessions were cancelled due to Covid-19
Working with voluntary sector partners – July and August 2020 Green Recovery - Postcard consultations and virtual community meetings
Working with voluntary sector partners we aimed to hear from individuals and communities who: had been adversely impacted by the Covid pandemic; are vulnerable to societal change; were shielding and were digitally excluded. A postcard consultation and activity...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2021
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Legacy Report - Session 5 - Financial scrutiny
The Committee raised concerns that the percentage of low carbon programmes was significantly too low, and recommended that the final IIP avoid infrastructure that will lock-in high carbon activities and set out how it has prioritised projects that deliver green jobs.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 March 2021
Post-legislative scrutiny: The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Impact on lobbying activity
Impact on lobbying activity
RNIB Scotland noted in its response that, while there had been concern among some staff that they might be less comfortable talking to elected representatives, this had not been an issue in practice.1RNIB. (2020, August 28).
Committee reports
Date published:
2 March 2021
Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on equalities and human rights - Social Isolation
EIS pointed out that LGBT+ young people may also need additional support on return to school, college or university and that educational institutes should consider ways to provide support when clubs and societies have suspended their activities.
In December 2018, the Scottish Government launched A Connected Scotland: our strategy for tackling social isolati...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 January 2021
Update to the Climate Change Plan - Key Sectors - 2018 CCP - Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
This happens when peatlands have been drained, burned, or where the peat has been exposed by erosion or human activities. 80% of Scotland’s peatlands are thought to be degraded to some extent 3Scotland's Environment Web. (2019, June 19).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 December 2020
Expert views on green recovery from COVID-19, and alignment with Scottish Government plans - Comparisons across recommended policies
Conditional bailouts for carbon-intensive industries did not group with either set of policies; this may be because this was less of an active recommendation, but rather a caution to not bailout certain economic sectors unless conditions were attached for those sectors to significantly lower their greenhouse gas emissions in line with net-zero ambitions.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 November 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill - Arbitration
The Scottish Government understands that there have been no referrals to these services in Scotland although there are plans to make these more visible and accessible to Scottish tenants.viThe Scottish Government memorandum on the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill
Tenant's expressed concerns that implementation had been difficult in England and Wales:
I am aware of cases in England that have taken an awfully long time, and the Pub owners will have superior finances to deal with lengthy arbitration processes.viiSPICe summary of survey responses
After concluding its evidence-taking on the Bill, Neil Bibby MSP wrote to the Committee to highlight that the Pubs Code Adjudicator had fined Star Pubs and Bars £2 million for breaches to the Pubs Code.viiiLetter to the Committee from Neil Bibby MSP, 19 October 2020 The Committee also received a response from Star Pubs and Bars to suggest that the fine relates to historic practices in leased and tenanted businesses in England and Wales. It suggests that it is actively...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 June 2020
Supply and demand for medicines - Scrutiny of non-medicine interventions
We ask the Scottish Government to provide an update on the work of the established policy team within the Scottish Government considering use of medical devices in Scotland, including remit, timescales for work, engagement activities with stakeholders to date, the outcomes of this work and plans, including timescales, for further scrutiny and governance in ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 June 2020
Local Government Finance: Facts and Figures 2013-14 to 2020-21 - Local Government Glossary
It comprises General Revenue Grant, previously termed Revenue Support Grant (RSG), distribution of non-domestic rate income (NDRI) and specific grants which fund part of the current expenditure on a specific service or activity.
