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SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 January 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25 - Analysis of the impact of spending on tackling inequalities
This illustrates a broader shortcoming of the Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement from a scrutiny perspective (perhaps inherent in any such document) – it is possible to illustrate the positive impact on tackling inequalities of resources that are being spent; it is far more difficult to assess the impact on inequalities of the trade-offs that are inevitable in budget setting. For example, which spending programmes...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment - Affordability of transport
It suggested a review of concessions for people who might not need them as much, such as people over 60 who are still working.iSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 7 September 2023, Col 8
In a letter to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee regarding the Scotrail peak fares removal pilot, which started on 2 October, the Minister for Transport said—
The Programme for Government makes clear our commitment to tackle poverty and encourage a shift towards sustainable transport.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 November 2023
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 - Funding challenges
Regarding whether the Verity House AgreementiVerity House Agreement, a statement of intent to work more collaboratively to deliver some shared priorities and engage jointly on budget and a shared programme of activities. Published on 30 June 2023: New Deal with Local Government – Verity House Agreement (the Agreement) might help, SCVO was unsure, from its d...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland - Mother and baby units
Caroline O’Connor told us that Migrant Help had concerns about Mother and Baby units because there had been limited testing of their use and limited evidence, and felt more needed to be done to understand and evidence the impact on mothers and babies. She made reference to a pilot programme in London which is exploring the evidence.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 October 2023
Female participation in sport and physical activity - Introduction
Before starting to take formal evidence as part of the inquiry, Members of the Committee participated in a programme of informal engagement in Dunfermline on 13 March 2023.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 June 2023
Annual report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee 2022-23 - Budget scrutiny
The Committee called for greater progress and clarity in a number of areas, including on the Scottish Government’s public service reform programme and its public pay policy.
The Committee expressed concern that the RSR no longer provides the level of certainty or a clear planning scenario that was intended when it was published in May 2022 and asked the Sco...
News
Published:
13 April 2023
Scottish Parliament returns to Tartan Week for its 25th Anniversary
Finally, the delegation will spend time at the National Assembly of Québec, meeting with the President of the Assembly, Members and officials.
A full programme of meetings with counterparts in Ottawa and Québec will allow the delegation to learn from counterparts and to discuss the common challenges facing our legislatures, the issues of equal representati...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 December 2022
A public health approach to gambling harms - Scottish Government strategies and policies
Drugs and alcohol are both explicitly mentioned in the Programme for Government 2022-23, issues that often occur with gambling harms.
Committee reports
Date published:
6 October 2022
Allotments and community growing: the impact of Part 9 of the Community Empowerment Act - Introduction
Introduction
At its work programme discussion on 5 October 2021, the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee agreed to hold an inquiry to scrutinise delivery of Part 9 of the Community Empowerment Act 2015 (the 'Act').
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
Tackling health inequalities in Scotland - The policy landscape
Action to address inequalities in general also features as a key theme in the Scottish Government's current (2021-22) Programme for Government and a ‘fairer and equal society’ is one of the five priorities of the Scottish Government’s recently published Strategy for Economic Transformation.
