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Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2024
Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report - The challenges facing landlords
John Blackwood from the Scottish Association of Landlords told the Committee:
What we hear from our members is that they are actively selling up and leaving the sector, which is having an impact on supply and the rents that are being charged, as a result.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 October 2024
Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament: A Reflection of Session 5 - Summary
This would aid post-legislative scrutiny by developing a more cross party approach to committee activity.
Consider other models of providing post-legislative scrutiny support, such as those established in the Swedish and Latvian Parliaments, whereby a specialist unit within the research and information service has expertise in undertaking reviews, supportin...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2024
Report on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach - Current landscape
Current landscape
Currently, there are seven SPCB supported bodiesiThe SPCB also funds the Electoral Commission's (EC's) devolved Scottish activities. The EC is not part of this inquiry. with a range of different functions, including investigatory, regulatory, complaints handling, specialist oversight (biometrics), and advocacy.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Democratic engagement fund
Any support from the fund can be used for activities related to local government or Scottish Parliament elections which the Scottish Ministers determine are aimed at enhancing participation of voters, candidates, campaigners, and others.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 June 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Legal status of the EMB
During its oral evidence sessions, the Committee heard from the Convener of the EMB who explained that, to date, the EMB has depended on voluntary activity with Scottish Government funding, and that its role has increased substantially.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Adult mental health - HMICS Review: Scottish Government action
The response also states that following the publication of the HMICS Review, a working group has been established by the Scottish Government, Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and Police Scotland ?to develop and take forward activity relating to all the recommendations made?.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2024
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - National outcomes
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/finance-and-public-administration-committee/correspondence/2023/budget_dfmtoconvener_19dec23.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/finance-and-public-administration-committee/correspondence/2023/budget_dfmtoconvener_19dec23.pdf</a> that “this approach is embedded across Scottish Government activity...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 January 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25 - Just transition
There was also an interesting section in the Scottish Fiscal Commission's forecasts:
The decline of North Sea oil and gas activity is one factor explaining slower employment and earnings growth in Scotland relative to the UK since 2016-17… New energy sectors will not fully replace oil and gas as a source of high-paid jobs and income tax revenues over the lo...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - Turning the tide – Scotland’s blue economy
The approach to designating HPMAs intended to prohibit all extractive, destructive and depositional activities to allow the marine environment to return to a more natural state with the aim of restoring and recovering marine ecosystems and their services.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2023
Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Alternative methods of predation control
The National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) told the Committee that, “from a farmer’s point of view, pest control is a necessary activity on farms”. NFUS went on to say that foxes return for lambs and that snaring is sometimes the only option which “can be due to the topography and the type of land … but can also be due to time constraints and lack of ski...
