That the Parliament welcomes and notes the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee's 1st Report, 2025 (Session 6), SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review (SP Paper 828); recognises the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, including concerns that expanding the number of SPCB supported bodies risks further fragmenting the current landscape, increasing complexity for service users, and placing additional strain on the SPCB and parliamentary committee resources, and agrees with the Committee’s recommendations that:
(a) the SPCB supported body landscape should not be expanded to include new advocacy-type SPCB supported bodies;
(b) any future proposals for new SPCB supported bodies must satisfy two-tier criteria, as set out in paragraph 150 of the report, comprising both justification and effectiveness tests, and that a parliamentary committee should be given the remit of assessing proposals against these criteria; and
(c) a parliamentary committee should be given the specific responsibility for the accountability and scrutiny of SPCB supported bodies for a fixed period as a pilot exercise in Session 7.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Murdo Fraser, Ash Regan, Lorna Slater
Result 101 for, 1 against, 3 abstained, 24 did not vote Agreed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Independent
Alba Party
No Party Affiliation
Reform UK
Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Supported by: Sarah Boyack
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, September 18, 2025