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Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Commissioner for Older People will promote and safeguard the rights and interests of older people in Scotland. The Bill defines “older people” as those who are aged 60 years old and over. The Commissioner will have various roles, including: Promoting awareness and understanding of the rights and interests of older people. Reviewing law, policy and practice relating to the rights and interests of older people. Undertaking... MoreOpened 11 July 2025 -
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Ecocide is defined in the Bill as causing severe environmental harm in such a way that is either reckless or intentional. For this Bill, “Severe”, means environmental harm that has serious adverse effects, and is either “widespread” or “long-term”. This Bill will allow for people and organisations to be convicted of ecocide. When someone acting as an employee commits ecocide, that person’s employer may also be convicted of the offence. ... MoreOpened 11 July 2025 -
Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 parents can withdraw a child from religious education and religious observance in school. Religious education can also be known as religious and moral education. Part 1 of the Bill would require schools to inform a child if their parent asks for them to be withdrawn from either or both of these. It also gives the child the chance to express their views. Where the child’s views are different from the parent’s views, the... MoreOpened 10 July 2025 -
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill as introduced changes the services and support provided to people in the children's care system, or who have ever had experience of that system. Those changes include: giving people who left the care system before their 16th birthday the right to apply for aftercare requiring Scottish Ministers to ensure care-experienced people have access to advocacy services requiring Scottish Ministers to publish... MoreOpened 10 July 2025 -
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill creates a new offence of paying for sexual acts. The Bill also repeals the existing offence under section 46 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 of soliciting and importuning by prostitutes. People who have been convicted of this offence in the past would have their convictions quashed. Additionally, Scottish Ministers will need to ensure that a person who is, or has been, in prostitution is provided with help and support. That may include... MoreOpened 10 July 2025 -
Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill is in two main parts. Part 1 deals with crofting. This part of the Bill makes various changes to the law on crofting. It will amend the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 and the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 . It introduces changes to the enforcement of crofters’ duties, the powers of the Crofting Commission, common grazings, and the Crofting Register. Part 2 merges the Scottish Land Court and Lands Tribunal for Scotland. It sets out the... MoreOpened 9 July 2025 -
Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill will make it illegal for someone who owns, or is responsible for, a greyhound or a racetrack, to race, or allow the racing of, a greyhound on an oval racetrack in Scotland. Most tracks used for greyhound racing are oval in shape. The Bill also allows the Scottish Government to regulate to make it illegal to race greyhounds on other types of tracks. For example, this could include making it illegal to race greyhounds on a straight track. If someone is... MoreOpened 8 July 2025 -
Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
The Bill makes destroying, damaging or desecrating a war memorial a specific statutory offence. It proposes that the penalties for this offence would be 10 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. The Bill defines desecrating a war memorial in a way that includes what might be seen as acts of disrespect. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Meghan Gallacher MSP on 14 May 2025. Read and find out more about the Bill: ... MoreOpened 7 July 2025 -
Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
The Bill sets out that public bodies must take account of the need to promote wellbeing and sustainable development in their work. It sets out the definitions of “sustainable development” and “wellbeing” for this purpose. The Bill would also establish a Future Generations Commissioner. The Commissioner would promote the wellbeing of future generations and sustainable development in decision making by all public bodies, including by publishing guidance to help public bodies... MoreOpened 7 July 2025 -
Criminal Justice Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on its pre-budget scrutiny ahead of the Scottish Government’s 2026-27 budget. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. About this call for views As part of its pre-budget scrutiny of the 2026-27 Scottish budget, the Criminal Justice Committee wants to hear your views. The focus for the Committee is again a general one, looking at the main financial pressures facing organisations in the criminal justice sector and... MoreOpened 7 July 2025 -
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill
The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on a proposal by Ash Regan MSP for a new law about prostitution in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. About this call for views The proposed new law is the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill . In summary, the Bill would create a new offence of paying for sexual acts. This would be an offence aimed at those who seek to buy sexual services. ... MoreOpened 30 June 2025 -
Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee plan to undertake scrutiny of the Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan in September 2025. The Proposed National Plan was laid in the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Government on 27 June 2025 and can be accessed here: Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan . Before finalising the Plan, the Scottish Government is required to have regard to: ... MoreOpened 30 June 2025 -
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee is seeking your views on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. The call for views and analysis: aim to help the Committee understand the reasons people have for either supporting or opposing the Bill aim to help the Committee understand how people would like to see the Bill amended will not establish whether more people support or oppose the Bill ... MoreOpened 30 June 2025 -
Future social security spending in Scotland
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is seeking views on future social security spending in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. The Committee will base any assessment of public opinion on published data from opinion polls. As responses to this call for evidence will be self-selecting, they cannot be assumed to be representative of public opinion and will not be treated as such. About this call for views The Committee would like to gather... MoreOpened 27 June 2025 -
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Individuals with care experience and those providing support
The Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill is a draft law which is being considered by the Education, Children and Young People Committee at the Scottish Parliament. The Committee wants to understand what individuals with care experience (children, young people and adults), and those supporting them, think of the draft law. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation or are an academic, please respond to the version of the call for views that... MoreOpened 27 June 2025 -
Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny 2025
The draft Climate Change Plan (CCP) is a strategy document which outlines how the Scottish Government intends to meet emissions reduction targets across all portfolio areas and sectors of the economy. The Climate Change Plan (CCP) is a statutory document required by the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 . It must set out the Scottish Government’s proposals and policies for meeting its statutory emissions reduction targets during the plan period i.e. it must explain how the... MoreOpened 27 June 2025 -
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Organisations, public bodies academic
The Education, Children and Young People Committee is seeking views on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. The call for views and analysis: aim to help the Committee understand the reasons people have for either supporting or opposing the Bill aim to help the Committee understand how people would like to see the Bill amended If you are responding on behalf of an... MoreOpened 27 June 2025 -
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
The Finance and Public Administration Committee is seeking views on the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill. About the Bill The Bill introduces a new tax, called the Scottish Building Safety Levy, to be charged on the construction of residential property development in Scotland. This follows an amendment to the Scotland Act 1998 to include powers for a devolved tax to be charged in relation to certain steps in the building control process. The main aim of the bill is to... MoreOpened 26 June 2025 -
Pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27, with a focus on mental health spending
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is seeking views as part of its pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27. Its scrutiny this year is focused on the mental health budget. The Committee would like to explore current levels of spending on mental health services and how this is allocated across different interventions. The Committee would also like to explore how decisions on spending allocations are made. Your responses to the following questions will help in informing the Committee’s... MoreOpened 26 June 2025 -
Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is seeking views on a Bill which will establish a Commissioner for Older People in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. About this call for views The Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill was introduced by Colin Smyth MSP on 2 April 2025. According to its accompanying Policy Memorandum the purpose of the Bill is to “establish a Commissioner for Older People, whose primary purpose... MoreOpened 26 June 2025 -
Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: funding for culture
The Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee is seeking views on funding for culture to support its 2026-27 pre-budget scrutiny. The Committee agreed to take a cumulative approach to budget scrutiny over Session 6, focusing primarily on the culture spending portfolio. Find out more about the Committee's pre-budget scrutiny How to contribute Please answer the call for views by completing the submission form below. We welcome written views in English,... MoreOpened 25 June 2025 -
Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny
The Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee has launched an inquiry on the transparency of intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny and Ministerial accountability. About this call for views The Committee has previously considered how the shared intergovernmental space has evolved since the decision to leave the EU, and the effect of that evolution on the Scottish Parliament’s competence and core scrutiny functions. The... MoreOpened 24 June 2025 -
Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is seeking views on a Bill which will promote consideration by public bodies of sustainable development and the wellbeing of future generations. Responses to this call for views will help to inform the Committee’s scrutiny of the Bill, including the selection of witnesses to be invited to give oral evidence on the Bill. About this call for views The Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the... MoreOpened 24 June 2025 -
ADHD and ASD pathways and support
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking an inquiry into Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) pathways and support. The inquiry seeks to: Understand why waiting times for diagnosis and management of ADHD and ASD are reportedly long, including the drivers of increasing demand, Understand how these conditions are diagnosed and managed, Understand the impact of delays on individuals, Explore solutions to... MoreOpened 23 June 2025 -
Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is seeking views on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Incompatibility Duty (Scotland) Bill. Your views will inform the Committee's scrutiny. About this call for views The Bill was introduced into the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 30 April 2025. The Committee invites all interested organisations and individuals to submit your views on the... MoreOpened 20 June 2025 -
Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures
The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report – April 2025 states that: “The Scottish Government will face significant challenges funding devolved public services in the future, particularly over the next twenty-five years… because the population in Scotland will age earlier than in the rest of the UK”. However: “… if improvements in population health can be achieved, pressure on health-related spending may be reduced in the... MoreOpened 13 June 2025 -
Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill
The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill and wants to hear your views. What is the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill? The Bill is in two parts— Part 1 makes a number of specific changes to address issues identified with the existing crofting legislation. The Bill would not fundamentally reform crofting legislation; the Scottish Government says a separate conversation is required for this. Part 2 would merge the... MoreOpened 13 June 2025 -
Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn
Tha a’ Chomataidh Chùisean Dùthchail is Eileanan a’ coimhead air Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn agus tha iad airson do bheachdan a chluinntinn. Dè th' ann am Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn? Tha am Bile ann an dà phàirt— Tha Pàirt 1 a’ dèanamh grunn atharrachaidhean gus dèiligeadh ri duilgheadasan leis an reachdas croitearachd a th’ ann mar-thà. Cha dèanadh am Bile ath-leasachadh bunaiteach air reachdas croitearachd; tha... MoreOpened 13 June 2025 -
Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons
The issue of drugs and substance use in Scottish prisons is multifaceted, encompassing both the supply of illegal substances and the support available for those struggling with the effects of usage. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) acknowledges this challenge and has implemented measures, including: An Incident Management Team working alongside Public Health Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service, Police Scotland, and NHS partners. Problem Assessment Groups to provide rapid... MoreOpened 16 May 2025
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