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Committee reports
Date published:
11 March 2025
Stage 1 report - Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill - Views on proposals for national jurisdiction for custody cases
Although virtual attendance at a national custody court is not a requirement of the Bill, Simon Brown from the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association commented that “practically, to make a national custody court work, it would have to be done virtually”.iOfficial Report, Criminal Justice Committee, 22 January 2025, col 19
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service noted that—
This provision would also allow for any future modernisation of custody matters such as a virtual custody model, if this was to be taken forward at a later date...
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13 November 2024
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Committee reports
Date published:
11 October 2024
Closing the Disability Employment Gap in Scotland - Funding
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In a follow up letter to the Committee dated 14 June, the Minister confirmed that the full employability budget allocation of up to £90million for 2024/25 had now been released and that updated grant offer letters would be issued shortly to local authorities.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 October 2024
Children and the Scottish Criminal Justice System (October 2024) - The impact of the Kilbrandon Report
Current Issues in Criminal Justice. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2023.2272362. From this period to date, there has been a significant reduction in the number of criminal court proceedings against children under the age of 16, as well as 16 and 17 year olds, alongside a significant drop in the number of such cases resulting in custodial sentences.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2024
Stage 1 report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Next scheduled Scottish Parliament election and implications for scrutiny and sequencing
Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 - update and Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Fact Sheet - Dates of recess, dissolution and parliamentary yearsAnd There were calls for deadlines to be included in the Bill to avoid this outcome.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 September 2024,...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 September 2024
Delegated powers in the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2) - Review of powers
The procedure following the amendments being made to the Bill will now allow rates to be set and scrutinised by the Parliament before the tax is introduced, while enabling them to change the rates quickly at a later date if needed. The Committee is therefore content with the amendments made to the Bill and the parliamentary procedure it is now subject to.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2024
Scottish Languages Bill - Stage 1 Report - National Strategy
The Committee recognises the calls from some stakeholders for Scottish Ministers to expedite the drafting of a National Gaelic Strategy, rather than waiting until the proposed date of 2028. The Committee further recognises the urgency of the current situation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Compensation for improvements
The organisation told the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 31 January 2024 that there is a "huge job to be done" on Schedule 5 to ensure that the types of improvements that tenants can be compensated for are brought up to date.
The changes appear to intend to treat sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices more favourably when potential impr...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 April 2024
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Stage 1 scrutiny: Committee reports
Concern that the Bill would result in the age of referral to the hearings system effectively becoming 17.5 years of age rather than 18, due to proposed cut off-dates. This has since been addressed by the Scottish Government.
News
Published:
29 March 2024
Criminal Justice Committee content to agree the general principles of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill but have concerns with some proposals and seek further improvements
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