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  • Scottish Languages Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill The Bill gives the Gaelic and Scots languages official status in Scotland and makes changes to the support for the Gaelic and Scots languages in Scotland. This includes changes in relation to Gaelic and Scots education. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 29 November 2023. Read and find out more about the Bill: Scottish Languages Bill . ... More
    Closed 1 March 2024
  • Scottish Leids Bill: Financial Memorandum

    Aboot the Bill The Bill gies the Gaelic and Scots leids official staunin in Scotland and maks chynges tae the uphaudin o the Gaelic and Scots leids in Scotland. This includes chynges in relation tae Gaelic and Scots education. Status o the Bill the Noo This Bill wis introducit in the Scots Pairlament by the Cabinet Secretary fur Education and Skills on 29 November 2023. Read and find oot mair aboot the Bill: Scottish Leids Bill . Stage 1 ... More
    Closed 1 March 2024
  • Bile nan Cànan Albannach: Meòrachan Ionmhais

    Mun Bhile Tha am Bile seo a' toirt inbhe oifigeil don Ghàidhlig agus Scots ann an Alba, agus a' dèanamh atharrachaidhean air an taic a gheibh a' Ghàidhlig agus Scots ann an Alba. Tha seo a’ gabhail a-steach atharrachaidhean co-cheangailte ri foghlam Gàidhlig agus Scots. An Ìre aig a bheil am Bile an-dràsta Chaidh am Bile seo a thoirt a-steach do Phàrlamaid na h-Alba le Rùnaire a’ Chaibineit airson Foghlam agus Sgilean air 29 Samhain 2023. Leugh... More
    Closed 1 March 2024
  • Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill

    The Finance and Public Administration Committee is seeking views on the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill. The UK Aggregates Levy (UKAL) is a UK wide environmental tax that aims to reduce the extraction of fresh or new aggregate. This Bill seeks to create an aggregates tax in Scotland (replacing UKAL) and has the same environmental aims as UKAL. This Bill explains that the Scottish Aggregates Tax (SAT) will be administered by Revenue Scotland and sets... More
    Closed 9 February 2024
  • Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

    When the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament in 2017, it did not include a definition of “woman”. The Bill was amended to include this definition during parliamentary scrutiny. The Scottish Government’s policy memorandum explained that the amendment was made “to make the Bill more inclusive by including trans women who were living as trans women even if they did not have a full gender recognition certificate under... More
    Closed 29 January 2024
  • Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - your views

    The Scotland Act 2016 set in process a change to how social security is delivered in Scotland: it devolved 11 existing social security benefits from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to Scotland; it gave new powers to the Scottish Government to make top-up payments to benefits reserved to the UK Government. In 2018, The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (the 2018 Act) established a legal framework for a new Scottish social security system . It created the... More
    Closed 16 January 2024
  • Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill The Bill makes changes to the Scottish social security system, including: allowing the Scottish Government to provide care experience assistance and changing the way rules are made for the Scottish Child Payment; changing the processes for making decisions about social security assistance in Scotland; changing the processes where people must pay back assistance received by mistake, and providing that in certain situations a person’s... More
    Closed 15 January 2024
  • Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

    Background The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking an inquiry into how the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 has worked since it came into force. The Committee wants to find out from you about whether you feel the Act is producing the expected outcomes, to what extent, and if not, why not? What is the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013? The main provisions of the Act came into effect in April 2014. The Act... More
    Closed 12 January 2024
  • Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 - BSL

    Background The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking an inquiry into how the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 has worked since it came into force. The Committee wants to find out from you about whether you feel the Act is producing the expected outcomes, to what extent, and if not, why not? What is the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013? The main provisions of the Act came into effect in April 2014. ... More
    Closed 12 January 2024
  • Your views on Additional Support for Learning (ASL) in Scotland

    The Education, Children and Young People Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry into Additional Support for Learning (ASL). The Committee want to know people’s experiences of how services are provided. They want to hear views from a range of people including parents, teachers, support staff, carers, pupils and organisations. Find out more about the inquiry . Implementation of the presumption of mainstreaming The presumption in favour of ‘mainstream... More
    Closed 31 December 2023
  • Your views on Additional Support for Learning (ASL) in Scotland - BSL

    The Education, Children and Young People Committee is holding an inquiry into Additional Support for Learning (ASL). The inquiry will focus on the following themes: The implementation of the presumption of mainstreaming. This means that, where possible, children and young people with additional support needs should be educated in mainstream schools alongside other pupils, rather than in special schools or units The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on additional support for... More
    Closed 31 December 2023
  • Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

    The Committee's call for views closed on 20 December 2023. Individual responses to the short survey will not be published. Instead, a summary of responses will be published on the Committee's website in due course. Published responses View submitted responses to the structured call for evidence where consent has been given to publish the response. Background A note on language The wording used in this call for views mirrors the language of the documents... More
    Closed 20 December 2023
  • Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill This Member’s Bill has been introduced by Gillian Mackay MSP . It creates safe access zones around all places providing abortion services in Scotland. The Bill makes it an offence for a person in a safe access zone to act in certain ways. This includes any behaviour that might stop a person from getting an abortion or make them feel scared or upset about getting an abortion. It would also be an offence if a person behaved in these ways in other... More
    Closed 20 December 2023
  • Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill Some types of wall cladding on the outside of buildings can cause fire safety risks. This Bill gives Scottish Ministers powers to carry out assessments to find out if the cladding on buildings is safe. If not, Ministers can then organise repairs. If necessary, Ministers can also require people to move out of the buildings until the work needed is done. The Bill applies to only some buildings. For a building to be assessed under the Bill, the building must have... More
    Closed 11 December 2023
  • Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill

    About the Bill The Bill is being introduced to reduce the risk to life from unsafe cladding on people’s homes. The Bill gives powers to Scottish Ministers to assess and remediate certain types of buildings with unsafe cladding. Scottish Ministers will need to record these assessments and any remediation works completed in a register. Remediate means to take action towards fixing problems. The Bill also allows Scottish Ministers to create a responsible developers... More
    Closed 8 December 2023
  • Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill - Call for views

    The Scottish Government is proposing a new law which would require the police to have a statutory code of ethics, make changes relating to the handling of police conduct, increase the functions of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (the PIRC) and introduce an advisory board for the Commissioner. The Scottish Government states that the Bill is an amending bill and amends the two main pieces of legislation in the area of Scottish policing law (the Police, Public Order and... More
    Closed 8 December 2023
  • Review of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

    The UK’s relationship with the European Union (EU) is governed by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The TCA entered into force on 1 May 2021 and there is provision in the agreement for a joint review of the implementation of the Agreement five years after its entry into force. The Committee is looking at the TCA now so that we can contribute to the discussions at the UK and EU level that may take place in the run up to such a review. Our focus is on trade in... More
    Closed 30 November 2023
  • Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill If the Bill is passed as introduced, Scottish Ministers will be required to prepare a five year Rural Support Plan. This plan will include details of farming, forestry, and rural development support. The Bill gives Scottish Ministers the power to form a new support framework and provide financial and other assistance. The framework would be brought into law by secondary legislation. This Bill also makes changes to the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data)... More
    Closed 24 November 2023
  • Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

    The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill and wants to hear your views. What is the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill? The Bill’s policy memorandum states the purpose of the Bill is to provide a framework that the Scottish Ministers “will use to develop the support that farming and rural communities need in order to adapt to new opportunities and new challenges, and to prosper in a changing... More
    Closed 24 November 2023
  • Quality Meat Scotland (Amendment) Order 2023 - Call for views

    The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Quality Meat Scotland (Amendment) Order 2023 and wants to hear your views. What is the Quality Meat Scotland (Amendment) Order 2023 ? The purpose of the instrument is to increase the maximum levy rates in the Quality Meat Scotland Order 2008, which will enable Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to adjust the levies for the slaughter or export of cattle, sheep, and pigs. QMS... More
    Closed 17 November 2023
  • Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill As introduced, this Bill would require the police to have a code of ethics, make changes relating to the handling of police conduct, increase the functions of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner and introduce an advisory board for the Commissioner. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs on 6 June 2023. Read and find out more about the... More
    Closed 1 November 2023
  • Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

    Have your say on healthcare policies in remote and rural areas The Committee would now like to hear views on what policies and actions would be most effective in addressing the issues people face when accessing healthcare in remote and rural areas. The Scottish Government has committed to developing a Remote and Rural Workforce Strategy by the end of 2024 . The government say this will provide a framework to support employers and also ensure the health and social care needs... More
    Closed 20 October 2023
  • Assessing the impact of the Procurement Reform Act

    The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 introduced duties on public bodies to consider how procurement could be used to improve the wellbeing of their local areas. That includes looking at the impact on the economic, social and environmental health of the area. The 2014 Act also looked to make it easier for small businesses, third sector organisations and supported businesses to be a part of public procurement. The Economy and Fair Work Committee wants to know if the Act is... More
    Closed 3 October 2023
  • Just transition for the North East and Moray

    The North East of Scotland and Moray are hugely important for Scotland’s economy and energy. As Scotland transitions to a low-carbon economy, these areas must be well supported. Crucial to the future of this area is having enough jobs to sustain employment levels, and that workers have the skills to take up those roles. The Committee want to hear from those in the area on what support is needed to achieve this. The Scottish Government set up The Just Transition Fund to... More
    Closed 26 September 2023
  • Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill This is a Member’s Bill, introduced by Christine Grahame MSP . The aim of the Bill is to improve the health and welfare of dogs. The Member’s view is that buying a puppy or dog in a responsible way can make a difference to that animal's welfare. The Member also believes it could change the nature of the puppy trade. The Bill aims to: help to influence the behaviour of those getting a puppy or dog lower the demand for puppy farms and other... More
    Closed 25 September 2023
  • Dualling the A9: Petition PE1992

    The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee has launched a new consultation which looks at the commitment to dual the A9 and address the on-going safety concerns on the road. This consultation follows a petition submitted by road safety campaigner Laura Hansler , which urges the Scottish Government to fulfil its 2011 promise to fully dual the A9, improve road safety and consider the creation of a national memorial to those who have tragically lost their... More
    Closed 15 September 2023
  • Visitor Levy Bill - call for views

    This page provides information about submitting a detailed response to the Committee about the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill. If you would like to make brief and general comments about the Bill, join in the conversation on our engagement website . Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill The Scottish Government has proposed a new law which would allow local authorities to introduce an additional charge when someone pays for overnight accommodation. MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s... More
    Closed 15 September 2023
  • Criminal Justice Pre-Budget scrutiny: 2024-25

    As part of its pre-budget scrutiny of the 2024-25 Scottish budget, the Criminal Justice Committee wants to hear your views. The key focus is on the financial challenges that face organisations working in the criminal justice sector and the adequacy of budgets that may be proposed when the Scottish Government publishes its budget in the coming months. Of particular interest to the Committee are the pressures on capital spending and investment. Questions The... More
    Closed 12 September 2023
  • Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill - call for views

    Certain social security powers, including industrial injuries benefits, were devolved from the UK Government to the Scottish Government through the Scotland Act 2016. In the future, the Scottish Government will legislate for employment injury assistance. This would support people who have suffered an injury or a disease as a result of their employment. This assistance would replace Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in Scotland. Powers were not transferred in relation to... More
    Closed 11 September 2023
  • Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill: Financial Memorandum

    About the Bill This Member’s Bill has been introduced by Mark Griffin MSP . It establishes a Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council (SEIAC). SEIAC would be an independent body, separate from the Scottish Government. SEIAC would be able to commission research and come up with recommendations on the support available to people who can no longer work because of workplace injury or disease. The Bill proposes that employers and employees will be represented on... More
    Closed 11 September 2023
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