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Submit your views

When a committee launches an inquiry, or starts looking at a Bill, they ask the public to submit their views. This is called a "call for views".

A call for views:

  • aims to help the committee understand the reasons people have for either supporting or opposing an issue
  • will not establish whether more people support or oppose an issue

All committees can carry out inquiries into any subject in their remits (area of responsibility).

You can search for any calls for views run by a committee since the start of the current session (May 2021).  Filter by individual committee, or search by the title of a call for views.

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Displaying 20 calls for views

ADHD and ASD pathways and support

Status: Open

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 diagnosi...

Closes: 18 August 2025

Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn

Status: Open

Tha a Chomataidh Chisean Dthchail is Eileanan a coimhead air Bile na Croitearachd agus Cirt an Fhearainn agus tha iad airson do bheachdan a chluinntinn. D th' ann am Bile na Croitearachd agus Cirt an Fhearainn? Tha am Bile ann an d phirt Tha Pirt ...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 p...

Closes: 15 August 2025

Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 Committees scrutiny. The call for views and analysis: aim to help the ...

Closes: 15 August 2025

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 ...

Closes: 01 September 2025

Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 Committees scrutiny. About this call for views The Commissioner for O...

Closes: 12 September 2025

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill

Status: Open

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 ...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny 2025

Status: Open

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 do...

Closes: 19 September 2025

Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Scottish Parliaments Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee is seeking your views on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. The call for views and analysis: aim to help the Committee understand the r...

Closes: 09 September 2025

Future social security spending in Scotland

Status: Open

The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is seeking views on future social security spending in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. The Committee will base any assessment of public opinion on published data from opinio...

Closes: 17 August 2025

Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan

Status: Open

The Scottish Parliaments 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 i...

Closes: 15 August 2025

Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons

Status: Open

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...

Closes: 22 August 2025

Pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27, with a focus on mental health spending

Status: Open

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 s...

Closes: 15 August 2025

Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: funding for culture

Status: Open

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 primar...

Closes: 15 August 2025

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 Committees scrutiny. About this call for views The proposed new law is the Prostitution (Offe...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Status: Open

The Scottish Fiscal Commissions 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 p...

Closes: 11 August 2025

Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Billwas introduced on 17 March 2025 by Daniel Johnson MSP, the Member in Charge. It aims to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion of children and young people in schools. Purpose of the Bill T...

Closes: 11 July 2025

Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill Daniel Johnson MSP has introduced this Members Bill. This Bill creates statutory guidance and duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. Restraint is preventing someones movement. Seclusion is isolating so...

Closes: 11 July 2025

Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny

Status: Open

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...

Closes: 29 August 2025

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

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 th...

Closes: 24 August 2025