Category: Health
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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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About SPICe Spotlight guest posts
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The aim of SPICe Spotlight is to provide timely, need to know information and analysis on the issues facing the Parliament. Most of the blog…
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Guest blog – A Continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament?
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As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, and not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish…
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What do the latest statistics on economic growth tell us?
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On 17 January 2018 the Scottish Government published Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Quarter 3 2017. SPICe has published an infographic analysing these figures available…
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What is Legislative Consent?
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The introduction of the EU Withdrawal Bill in the UK Parliament and the indication by the UK Government (in the Explanatory Notes to the Bill)…
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Welcome to SPICe Spotlight
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Hello and welcome to SPICe Spotlight, the new blog from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. SPICe provides impartial and authoritative research and information services to…
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SPICe FAQ – Electric car charging
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This is the first Enquiries FAQ post. FAQ posts will focus on issues that we receive regular enquiries on. A recent enquiry forwarded from a…
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Budget 2018-19 – where now?
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As we enter a new year, Parliament’s attention turns to the setting of the Budget for financial year 2018-19. Initial spending and tax proposals were…