Author: SPICe
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Brexit and health – Who cares?
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It is not often that the NHS steers clear from the centre of the political fray, but Brexit might just be one of those occasions.…
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Fixing human rights breaches in legislation: criminal record disclosures, protecting children and the right to privacy
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Getting the right balance between protecting children and respecting individual rights to privacy is almost always a difficult policy issue. Last year the courts found…
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Budget Stage 1 – what is the impact on local government?
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After yesterday’s Stage 1 announcements, we have published three blogs on the Budget on SPICe Spotlight today – a blog on income tax, a blog…
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Budget Bill Stage 1 – What are the changes to income tax?
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What was proposed at Stage 1? Stage 1 of the Budget Bill for 2018-19 was debated at Holyrood yesterday afternoon. The Government reached a deal…
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Budget Bill Stage 1 – Deal!
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The Budget Bill for next year was debated at Holyrood yesterday. Derek Mackay, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution provided details of the deal…
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Private financing of Scotland’s infrastructure
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The National Audit Office recently published a report looking at the role of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its replacement, PF2, in funding infrastructure…
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Brexit – Negotiating a transition
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Both the EU and the UK agree that a transitional phase governing the EU-UK relationship is needed to govern the time between the UK leaving…
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SPICe FAQ – Paper Bag Charges
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In the last few weeks we have received a number of enquiries from constituency offices across Scotland asking whether paper bags are exempt from the…
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Scotland’s exports
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Increasing the value of Scotland’s exports is extremely important to the Scottish Government. Internationalisation is, after-all, one of its “4 I” economic priorities (as set…
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The new private residential tenancy
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On 1 December 2017, the first major change to private rented tenancy legislation in Scotland in almost 30 years took effect. From that date, the…
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SPICe FAQ – Accessing GP records
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SPICe regularly receives enquiries relating to constituents’ concerns over their health records held by their GPs. We were recently asked what the legislative basis is…
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Marine plastic pollution
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The problem of marine plastic pollution featured heavily in the media in 2017. Powerful imagery such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award entry…
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