Open Calls for Views
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Pre-budget scrutiny 2027–28: the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans
The focus of this year’s pre-budget scrutiny inquiry is on the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans. Your views There are 11 questions in the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s call for views. Have your say by 14 August 2026. Find out more about the inquiry Introduction The 2026 Scottish Spending Review (January 2026) sets out proposed day to day (resource)...
Closes 14 August 2026
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Public Service Reform: Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28
The Public Service Reform Committee is seeking views as part of its pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28. The Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny inquiry will consider how the 2027/28 Scottish Budget can promote public service reform, including by: removing barriers to progress promoting preventative approaches, and simplifying the delivery of public services. Your responses to the following questions will help inform the Committee’s scrutiny and your input is much...
Closes 14 August 2026
Closed Calls for Views
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Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill has 2 Parts. Part 1 makes various changes to the 2024 Act, including: allowing local authorities to set the levy as a fixed amount (or amounts) instead of a percentage rate (or rates), clarifying that, where the right to reside in accommodation is first purchased by a third party, and then subsequently purchased by another person, the “chargeable transaction” is the initial purchase, requiring accommodation providers to base...
Closed 26 January 2026
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Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
The Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee is seeking views on the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill . Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. About this call for views The Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee scrutinised the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill in 2023. A call for views was issued on 26 June 2023 and received 376 responses. In addition to the Call for Views the Committee also produced a digital consultation tool...
Closed 26 January 2026
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Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Part 1 of the Bill as introduced will make it illegal to provide certain types of procedures to people under the age of 18. It will only be legal to provide these services from properties that meet certain requirements. The procedures covered by the Bill are ones that: pierce or penetrate the skin, are not provided as part of the health service, are not provided by a health care provider for the purposes of treating illness, and ...
Closed 26 November 2025
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Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill: confirms that certain kinds of digital asset (like cryptocurrency) can be objects of property in Scots private law. confirms how to acquire and own these digital assets. ensures the general principles of Scots private law apply to these digital assets. Current Status of the Bill The Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and...
Closed 25 November 2025
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The Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025
The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is seeking views on the draft Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025. These views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny of the regulation on 3 December 2025. For more information on the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2021 and the draft Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025, visit the Committee's page on the Scottish Parliament...
Closed 21 November 2025