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Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Types of accommodation covered
He continued, “clearly, concern was expressed that the legislation might unintentionally capture certain activity in a way that was not consistent with the policy intention.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Views of local government
meetingId=15518</a> Similarly, Inverclyde Council suggested that the Verity House Agreement allows councils “to have full discretion over the use of the proceeds of any levy, although in practice most, if not all, will use at least some of the proceeds to support tourism related activities.”3Inverclyde Council, written Submission. (2023, September).
Committee reports
Date published:
13 June 2023
Stage 1 Report for Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill - Sections 12 and 13: Restrictions on reporting
However, they suggested that the Bill could be improved, to—
Provide greater legal certainty about when reporting restrictions begin to apply;
Ensure that children and young people can realise their right to waive their anonymity, without committing a criminal offence;
Allow courts to extend reporting restrictions for child complainers and witnesses – as well as children convicted of a crime;
Remove the Scottish Government's power to dispense with reporting restrictions;
Review the maximum penalty for violating these reporting restrictions, which is currently only £2,500; and
Update reporting restrictions in civil as well as criminal cases which involve children, to bring greater consistency to the law as a whole.Dr Andrew Tickell and Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe written evidence
Together Scotland, Social Work Scotland and CYPCS welcomed the inclusion at Section 12 of the Bill of restrictions on reporting suspected criminal offences involving children, as it "addresses the current gap in the law whereby child accused and victims can legally be identified prior to the commencement of formal criminal proceedings.”Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland written evidence
However, the CYPCS similarly called for clarity as to when anonymity protections are triggered before the formal commencement of criminal proceedings, stating—
“Currently, it is not clear when suspicion is crystallised. One approach would be to activate...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Cancelling the contract
However, the Committee considers that there was scope for Scottish Ministers to have played a more pro-active role in seeking detailed reassurances from both Transport Scotland and CMAL before proceeding with the launch, particularly given it was known that there had been slippage in the project.iiThere was division on this paragraph.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 November 2022
Retained EU Law and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - The power to revoke or replace
“Burden” is defined as including “amongst other things” –
A financial cost
An administrative inconvenience
An obstacle to trade or innovation
An obstacle to efficiency, productivity or profitability
A sanction (criminal or otherwise) which affects the carrying on of any lawful activity.
The Hansard Society has stated that:
The clause thus imposes what amoun...
Committee reports
Date published:
31 October 2022
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Funding for Culture - Reduced income generation
meeting=13918</a> Dance Base pointed to a decline in paid-for-activity of around 20%, while Community Leisure UK said that its members had reported that return rates had “stagnated at between 70 and 80 per cent of pre-Covid footfall [including in] free-to-access cultural facilities”.4Scottish Parliament. (2022, September 22).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 September 2022
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 5 - Islands (Scotland) Bill
Key changes included:
the inclusion of uninhabited islands in the definition of an 'island community'
the addition of an explicit definition of what is meant by ‘an island authority'
the inclusion of a high-level objective for a National Islands Plan
the addition of a clause that means that a National Islands Plan must list those public authorities which will have duties under the new legislation
the requirement that, when reporting on the National Islands Plan, Ministers must set out the steps that will be taken when an identified outcome has not improved within the reporting year
the inclusion of a three-month time frame (after the end of the reporting year) for the laying of annual reports on the National Islands Plan before the Parliament
the addition of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, all NHS boards, and integration joint boards to the list of public bodies with duties under the Act
the inclusion of the requirement for public bodies to explain their reasoning in the event of an island communities impact assessment not being carried out
the inclusion of the requirement that Scottish Ministers preparing an island communities impact assessment in respect of legislation should set out the financial implications of steps taken to mitigate outcomes of the relevant legislation
a revision meaning that an electoral ward which may be eligible to become a one or two member ward could be formed 'wholly or partly' of one or more inhabited islands (previously 'wholly or mainly')
revisions to the definition of dredging activity...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 June 2022
Hazardous Substances: planning framework - Summary of proposed approach
The regime is not focused on banning activities or making a substance illegal in a general sense.As a result, (and in a scenario in which the non- regression principle did not apply) the biggest potential discrepancy would be where, for example, one administration removed controls for a certain substance completely, where across the border, operators would ...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 June 2022
Alternative pathways to primary care - GP Contract and the multidisciplinary team
Regarding the general practice-based MDTs in particular, the 2018 GP Contract set out the Scottish Government's vision for a refocused role of GPs on complex care and system-wide activities. It was envisaged that GPs should be less involved in more routine tasks, and these tasks should be delivered by other health professions in the wider primary care multi...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 June 2022
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Annual Report 2021-22 - Annexe - New Petitions Received
Annexe - New Petitions Received
PE1865: Suspend all surgical mesh and fixation devices
PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users
PE1867: Establish a new national qualification for British Sign Language (BSL)
PE1868: Support for working single parents
PE1869: Make it law for railway stations to have step free access
PE1870: Ensure teachers of autistic pupils are appropriately qualified
PE1871: Full review of mental health services
PE1872: Improve the reliability of island ferry services
PE1873: Provide hypnotherapy for the treatment of mental health, psychosomatic disorders and chronic pain
PE1874: Introduce legislation to create artillery and firearms exclusion zones around places of spiritual importance and religious worship
PE1875: Public inquiry into the Scottish Qualifications Authority
PE1876: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
PE1877: Provide body cameras for all frontline NHS staff
PE1878: Investigate prosecutions under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
PE1879: Provide an accessible and professionally developed learning and teaching resource on Israel and Palestine
PE1880: Introduce awareness and practical experience of litter picking and waste separation into the school curriculum
PE1881: Longer sentences for paedophiles and sexual predators
PE1882: Remand anyone charged with a sexual offence against a child
PE1883: Open all toddler and baby activities...
