The Scottish Government has published a ‘ consultative framework document ’ on its forthcoming Scottish Resource Spending Review.
Resource Spending is the spending on day-to-day running costs of government programmes and administration. The purpose of a Resource Spending Review is to set...More
The Scottish Government has published its fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4). It sets out how your places and environments will be planned and designed in the years to come.
Read the NPF4
Send us your views on the draft NPF4
Committees want to hear your...More
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee would like to invite you to respond to its call for views on the provisional Common Framework on Blood Safety and Quality and the provisional Common Framework on Organs, Tissues and Cells (apart from embryos and gametes).
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The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee wants to hear your views to help it consider the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill .
Background
The miners' strike was a bitterly fought industrial dispute which lasted from 12 March 1984 to 3...More
The Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment (RAINE) Committee is scrutinising the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill and is seeking your views.
What does the Bill aim to do?
The Bill requires the Scottish Government and relevant authorities (e.g. health boards and local...More
The Bill provides a pardon for miners who were convicted of certain offences relating to the 1984-1985 miners’ strike where the conditions of the pardon are met.
The offences are:
breach of the peace
breach of bail conditions – Section 3 of the Bail etc. (Scotland) Act 1980...More
The 'made affirmative procedure' is a type of secondary legislation, which was only used a handful of times a year before the Coronavirus pandemic. However, since March 2020, it has been used more than 100 times.
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has recognised the need to use...More
The Bill requires the Scottish Ministers and certain public bodies (referred to in the Bill as ‘relevant authorities’) to create Good Food Nation Plans.
The relevant authorities identified in the Bill are health boards and local authorities (or councils). Other public bodies may be...More
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, health boards were required to compensate people who they asked to self-isolate due to an infectious disease. This was required by the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 .
The Coronavirus Act 2020 changed this. The 2020 Act let health boards decide...More
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, health boards were required to compensate people who they asked to self-isolate due to an infectious disease. This was required by the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 .
The Coronavirus Act 2020 changed this. The 2020 Act let health boards decide...More
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland.
The inquiry aims to address key issues affecting the health and wellbeing of children and young people including:
Child poverty (including...More
The Health and Sport Committee would like to invite you to respond to its targeted call for written views on the provisional Common Framework on Public Health Protection and Health Security.
Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, the explanatory cover note accompanying...More
Background
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking a short inquiry into perinatal mental health in Scotland.
Perinatal mental health problems are mental health problems which occur during pregnancy and up to one year after a child’s birth. In most cases, mothers...More
In December 2020 the Scottish Parliament passed the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 . This Act provides Ministers with powers to help meet the Scottish Government’s commitment that Scottish laws “keep pace” with future developments in EU law where appropriate. The Scottish...More
The Economy and Fair Work Committee are investigating Scotland’s supply chain.
The Committee is keen to hear from businesses and industry. They would like to understand what changes could protect Scotland's supply chain. They would also like to hear what opportunities may or may not...More
The Scottish Government has told the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee that it will be laying draft laws before the Scottish Parliament requiring local authorities to introduce a licensing system for short-term let accommodation.
More information about what is proposed...More
The Committee is looking at how the Scottish Government engages internationally and what it wants to achieve from this work.
This includes both its EU and wider international engagement, its support for international development and how its external affairs policies interact with UK...More
The aim of this inquiry is to consider the implications of the UK internal market for Scotland including how devolution works.
Background to the inquiry
You may find the following information and links helpful in reading and responding to the Committee’s questions.
The UK...More
The Bill seeks to refund individuals who paid for private surgery to remove transvaginal mesh from their body. It is to include the costs of removal surgery and reasonable connected expenses.
Current status of the Bill
This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the...More
Background
Humza Yousaf MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care introduced the Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament on the 23 June 2021.
The Bill seeks to refund individuals who paid for private...More
We want to hear your priorities for next year’s budget for criminal justice.
We plan to write to the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Justice later this year. We will be setting out our recommendations on how the budget should be spent.
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The Health and Sport Committee would like to invite you to respond to its targeted call for written views on the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Health and Care Bill.
The Committee is seeking your views on the LCM and those provisions of the Bill which relate to:
The...More
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is asking for views on what should be in the Scottish Government’s budget for 2022/23.
Views can be submitted on any aspect of the budget affecting the committee’s remit. This year the Committee is particularly interested in how...More
Ahead of next year’s Scottish Government Budget (Budget 2022-23), the Committee wants to hear your views on the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the culture sector, and how it should recover from the pandemic.
The Committee wants to hear your immediate budgetary priorities for the sector...More
What are your views on Scotland’s public finances in 2022-23 and how they have been affected by COVID-19? The Finance and Public Administration Committee would like to hear your views on this topic as part of its pre-budget scrutiny.
What are the key questions?
In particular, the...More
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is inviting your views on a public petition, PE1817: End Conversion Therapy .
Background
The petition was lodged in August 2020. It calls on the Scottish Parliament "to urge the Scottish Government to ban the provision or...More
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is considering the Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill .
Why was the Bill created
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a serious impact on unpaid carers in Scotland. Last year the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 provided a...More
Share your views with the Covid-19 Committee
We want to hear your views on the Scottish Government’s emergency powers to respond to Covid-19. We also want to know what we can learn about using emergency legislation for the future.
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and the ...More
Draft Report Consultation
The Committee is very grateful to all those who have so far contributed to its review of the Lobbying Act. As noted above, the Act has one further step, which is a requirement for the Committee to publish its draft report on its review and to consult...More
These consultations are now closed. To view each Committee's report please visit each Committee's 'Completed Business' on the Scottish Parliament's website: https://archive2021.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/PreviousCommittees/107118.aspx
Four parliamentary...More