Closed 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)...
Closed 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...
Closed 14 August 2026
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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