This SPICe briefing considers the threat that climate change poses to Scotland’s species.
“This briefing discusses four case studies: the plants that live in snowbeds in Scotland’s mountains; bees; butterflies; and seabirds and considers how Scotland’s changing climate is affecting them.
The briefing also considers the framework of species protection across Europe and the European Union’s commitment to halt biodiversity loss by 2010.”
This SPICe briefing was published on 30th April 2009.
”The Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on the 2nd March 2009. It aims to revise and strengthen the statutory consultation process required when education authorities are considering changes to the school estate, particularly school closures.”
This SPICe briefing was published on 29th April 2009.
“On 22 April 2009, the same day as the Chancellor presented the 2009 UK Budget to Parliament, official statistics confirmed that Scotland had officially entered recession. This paper considers some of the potential impacts of the recession on Scotland’s public finances. It begins by summarising the changes to the Scottish Government’s spending plans since Spending Review 2007, before speculating on some of the scenarios for Scottish public spending in the coming years.”
This briefing was published by SPICe on 24th April 2009.
“This briefing examines the following policy topics in the context of the credit crunch and the subsequent economic downturn:
• personal debt • bankruptcy • buying and selling a home • mortgage arrears and repossessions • rented housing”
This report was published on 23rd April 2009.
“This is the report of the Alcohol and Drugs Delivery Reform Group. After summarising the background and context to the Group’s work, it explains and sets out the Group’s recommendations to Government on future local partnership arrangements to tackle alcohol and drugs misuse. “
This document was published on 23 April 2009.
“This document sets out a new framework for local partnerships on alcohol and drugs. It aims to ensure that all bodies involved in tackling alcohol and drugs problems are clear about their responsibilities and their relationships with each other; and to focus activity on the identification, pursuit and achievement of agreed, shared outcomes.”
This document was published on 21st April 2009 by the Scottish Government.
“This document contains the results of the annual census of independent schools in Scotland. The results relate to September 2008.”
This publication deals with the question “what children can legally do at their age from 0 – 21″.
This [5th] report was published by the House of Commons, Culture Media and sport Committee.
“In July 2008 the Committee announced a new inquiry into the commercial operations of the BBC. In recent years the BBC’s commercial activities have undergone a marked expansion, with the Corporation seeking both to maximise income from traditional sources and diversify into other areas. It was this growth in the scope and value of the BBC’s commercial activities, and the implications for the media industry and general public, that instigated our inquiry.”
This document contains the results of Pupils in Scotland Census 2008 .
“This document contains information on pupils in publicly funded schools in Scotland, mainly derived from the latest annual pupil census which took place in September 2008. It describe the education system by providing information on the numbers of schools and pupils, the types and sizes of schools and classes they learn in, and some characteristics of the pupils.”
