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SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 April 2020
Issue 5: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - Role of the European Parliament
In an article in TheParliamentMagazine.eu, McAllister lists the other members of UKCG as:
the Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA)
the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC)
the Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
the AFET and INTA rapporteurs
a representative from each political group
The UKCG's recent activities are described by McAllister:
Any international agreement between the EU and a third country requires the consent of the European Parliament.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 March 2020
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Coronavirus Bill (LCM (S5)36) - Coronavirus Bill
The commencement (and all associated decisions) will be activated to implement a COBR decision.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 March 2020
Issue 2: EU-UK future relationship negotiations - March 2020 - Cabinet Secretary statement on the UK's negotiating approach
However the Cabinet Secretary's statement indicated that disagreement did exist on the detail and that the possibility of Scotland participating in EU programmes without the UK Government's involvement had been raised:
The UK Government is also lukewarm about the UK’s participation in EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020, and it has actively aban...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 February 2020
Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill - Usual place of work is retail premises
A distinction may be drawn between goods and services. The latter are generally activities provided by other people (e.g. plumbers, bus drivers and hair dressers).
Committee reports
Date published:
5 February 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill - The extent of "period poverty" in Scotland
The policy memorandum suggests that period poverty can have a detrimental effect on the health and well being of women, girls and trans people and has an impact on educational and vocational attendance, participation in leisure and sporting activities, as well as raising general hygiene concerns resulting from the use of unsuitable substitutes like toilet p...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 December 2019
Pre-budget scrutiny of the Scottish Government's draft budget 2020/21: justice and policing - Criminal Justice Social Work
Furthermore, under the current formula,Social Work Scotland says that CJSW is actually penalised for reducing re-offending, as retrospective three year activity levels are the basis for allocation since any success they have in reducing rates results in a cut in funding as funding levels are set using reoffending rates from previous years. 1Social Work Scot...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 November 2019
The Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill - A 'Scottish Finn's Law' - increasing protection of service animals
The Scottish Government considers it inappropriate for this legal defence to be available as service animals such as police dogs and horses are, by the nature of their job, required to interact with people to prevent or stop criminal activity or escape, and those people may in some cases violently resist those actions.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2019
Report on STEM in early years education - Knowledge sharing opportunities
Knowledge sharing opportunities
The Minister stated in evidence to the Committee: "There should, through the many streams of CPD activity, be opportunities for all practitioners to benefit."1Education and Skills Committee Official Report, 2 October 2019 Col 26. (2019).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2019
Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill - Negative and Affirmative Procedures
This is because the lead committee is required to hold a debate on a motion to approve an affirmative instrument (whereas for a negative instrument the lead committee is only required to hold a debate if there is a motion to annul); and because an affirmative instrument will not become law until it has been considered and actively passed by a vote of the wh...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 November 2019
Empty Homes in Scotland - Executive Summary
We encourage all councils to take a sensible approach to applying the levy and ensure that those taking active steps to bring their property back into use are not being penalised.
