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Committee reports
Date published:
5 June 2020
Local Government and Communities Committee Annual Report 2019/20 - Budget Scrutiny
The session explored local authority finances to get a better idea of the tough spending decisions councils have to take, and how they take them.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 May 2020
Protected Trust Deeds - Early termination of a Protected Trust Deed
On the one hand, it seems unfair that creditors who have agreed to be repaid via a Protected Trust Deed should get a windfall as a result of a death.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 March 2020
Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - Adultery
He argued that both civil partnership and marriage legislation should stay silent on the matter of adultery as it was not for the state to get involved in the sex lives of individuals.ivEqualities and Human Rights Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2020
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill - Children and young people
Children 1st highlighted the principle, as enshrined in Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), that the best interests of the child must be the priority in all decisions and actions that affect children.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 January 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill - Entitlement to register as an elector before attaining voting age
Revati Campbell, member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, commented on the proposal to the Committee—
“It would mean that young people could get involved. They would have two years between the ages of 14 and 16 to educate themselves, learn about the process and learn about political parties, what they represent and whether they fit into their ideologies.”ii...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2019
Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill - EU Food Promotion Scheme
Both bodies are largely funded through levies. Quality Meat Scotland also get some funding from their quality assurance scheme.4Scottish Government.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill - The accuracy of the electoral register
[Electoral Registration Officers] … spend a lot of time contacting people they know are still at that address to get them to confirm that they are at that address.”iiiStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 November 2019
The Victim Surcharge and Victim Surcharge Fund - Justice Committee consideration
There would also be costs to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, which would be funded separately;
that the model proposed, whereby victim support organisations apply to the fund rather than victims directly, would offer a much quicker and easier way to get money to victims;
that guidance would be provided which would set out the criteria that would ...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 October 2019
Looking ahead to the Scottish Government - Health Budget 2020-21: When is Hospital bad for your health? - Intermediate care
Although progress has been made by way of intermediate care, it was suggested that a reduction in delayed discharge figures does not “directly mean that people are getting their social care packages quicker”. iiiHealth and Sport Committee, Official Report, 4 June 2019, Col 12Intermediate care is not a final destination for the patient, it merely moves them ...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 July 2019
Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland - Age diversity
Future priority areas that we would like to have a closer look at include investment in the older workforce.iEEFW Committee, Official Report, 26 February 2019, col 30
The CITB also acknowledged that the funding structure could act as a barrier for older learners:
The reality is that it is not attractive for, say, a 25-year-old to enter construction on an apprenticeship wage rate, and we are keen to explore what more can be done to make that an attractive proposition for older individuals.iiEEFW Committee, Official Report, 26 February 2019, col 56
Elliot Ruthven, an adult apprentice studying plastering at Edinburgh College acknowledged that balancing outgoings with the apprenticeship wage was sometimes challenging:
I have to pay my rent, my council tax and my bills, pay for my car, and still have to pay for the normal amenities, so if I do not get...
