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SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 April 2020
The revised UK Fisheries Bill - 4.1 Climate Change and Sustainability
Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab) stated:
somewhere in the mix we need a legal duty on relevant public authorities to achieve these objectives and be accountable by publishing specific regular reports on their achievement of the objectives, not just on their activities.1House of Commons Hansard. (2020, February 11).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2019
Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill - Post-Brexit Agriculture Policy
It will provide update reports on its considerations to Scottish Ministers every six months to allow more detailed work and activity to be commissioned where appropriate.8Scottish Government. (2019, September 3).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2019
Wild Salmon - Controls on flow rate
Natural flow patterns are predominantly determined by rainfall patterns, topography and the underlying geology. However, human activity may alter flow pattern beyond this natural range which may leave salmon less able to cope1Warren, M., Dunbar, M.J., & Smith, C. (2015).
Committee reports
Date published:
17 May 2019
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Annual Report 2018-2019
The purpose of the Bill was to prohibit commercial activities concerning ivory in the UK and the import and re-export of ivory for commercial purposes to and from the UK, including intra-EU trade.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 April 2019
EU Emissions Trading System - Free Allocations and Benchmarks
This was mirrored by the climate think-tank Sandbag, who stated in May 2017:
Sandbag considers the on-going free allocation approach for avoiding displacement of industrial activities to be flawed. It leaves some highly emitting sectors with little or no carbon price incentive to decarbonise.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 April 2019
EU Emissions Trading System - Allowance Auctioning
CCS projects refer to efforts to capture CO2 resulting from industrial activity, and store these emissions so they do not enter the atmosphere9NER300.com. (2016).
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2018
Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Legislative Consent Memorandum considered by the Justice Committee
Clause 20 and schedule 3 would bring in powers to stop, question, search and detain people at ports and borders to determine whether they appear to be (or have been) engaged in hostile activity.
Provisions which relate to Scotland
The Bill's territorial extent is complex.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 June 2018
Economic, social and cultural rights - some frequently asked questions - How do ESC rights differ from civil and political rights?
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet33en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet33en.pdf</a>
For example, it explains that it is often harder for individuals who cannot read and write (i.e. who have not been given a right to education) to find work, to take part in political activity or to exercise their civil and political rights such as the right to freedom of expression or the right to vote.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 February 2018
Committee witnesses: gender and representation - The Nordic States, Northern Ireland and Wales
In Denmark and the United Kingdom, they found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that ‘fewer actors were active in relation to the closed, legislative agendas of the committees’ (p. 424), that interest groups were even more dominant in Demark (perhaps unsurprising in what is arguably a neo-corporatist state3Rasmussen, A. (2015).
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Annex B - Extracts from the minutes
The Committee also agreed to review evidence in private, to consider its draft Stage 1 report in private and to consider witnesses or other bill consideration activities in private.
15th Meeting, 2017 (Session 5), Thursday 7 September 2017
Social Security (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from 'Your Say' witnesses—
Norman G...
