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Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2019
Secure care and prison places for children and young people in Scotland - Conclusions
Despite these two reviews (and others), the Committee remains concerned at the current provision of services in our secure care and prison system in Scotland, particular in relation to mental health, health care more generally and the support provided for education and other meaningful activities.
According to statistics provided to the Committee by the Cen...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2019
Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill - Financial Provision in CAP Legislation
All respondents had views about how the balance between schemes should change to maximise outcomes in the future, but answers varied widely between the need to deliver environmental and social outcomes as opposed to a focus on Pillar 1; supporting smaller units over industrial sized ones; the definition of active farming; and views on coupled payments,new e...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 November 2019
Pre-budget scrutiny 2020-21 - Regional data
SE does not have a regional remit and its objective is to grow additional economic activity at a Scotland level.
Reducing regional labour market inequalities is the key aim of RSA and reducing regional imbalances is a key strand of inclusive growth.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Mainstreaming nature - international approaches to biodiversity conservation - The 2019 IPBES review - a global call to address 'Nature's Dangerous Decline'
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.nature.scot/major-report-state-nature-published" target="_blank">https://www.nature.scot/major-report-state-nature-published</a> [accessed 26 August 2019]
The Scottish Government said in its 2019-2020 Programme for Government:
We are carefully considering the recent IPBES global biodiversity assessment and, by the end of this year, we will write to Parliament with our initial assessment of our current activity...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 September 2019
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit - EU preparations for no-deal
Retrieved from <a href="https://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-1813_en.htm" target="_blank">https://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-1813_en.htm</a> [accessed 29 August 2019]:
- Fishing rights and compensation: these measures provide for compensation for fishermen and operators from EU Members States under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for the temporary cessation of fishing activities...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 September 2019
Key audit themes - The broader public sector context
The purpose of the Committee’s report, therefore, is to call for the Scottish Government to lead a debate across the public sector to address the key challenges that have been identified in this report and which public services continue to face eight years on from the report of the Christie Commission. While this debate should actively involve chief executi...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 September 2019
Key audit themes - Financial information and reporting
Often updates appeared to be verbal and from the reading the papers that were presented we note: they were lengthy, confusing and hard to follow, particularly if you were of a non-finance background; they throughout the year presented a positive position even when certain aspects of the Board’s activities were overspending.1Grant Thornton UK LLP. (2018, May...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 August 2019
The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill - Executive Summary
The main proposed changes to the PVG Act are:
a list of activities which give rise to regulated roles which replace the concept of regulated work
the current lifetime membership of the PVG scheme to be replaced by 5-year membership
to allow Ministers to impose conditions on individuals who are being considered for barring (i.e. being barred from working wi...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Implications for management
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended) A Practical Guide.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 July 2019
Seafood processing in Scotland: an industry profile - Introduction
Plants can generally be divided into three broad categories:
primary processors: deal with cutting, peeling, gutting and washing fish and shellfish
secondary processors: deal with brining, smoking, freezing, canning and the manufacture of fish products such as fishcakes, breaded fillets and packaged meals
mixed processors: carry out a mixture of these activities
The UK seafood processing industry is one of the largest in the European Union (EU), with a turnover of around €5.3 billion (£3.8 billion) in 2015.
