Committees

Current committees

•  Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints

•  COVID-19 Committee

  Current Business
  COVID-19 Committee Call for Evidence
  Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
  COVID-19 Related Legislation - Consultation

•  Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee

  Current Business
  Article 50 Inquiry
  The Glasgow School of Art
  COVID-19
  Intergovernmental Relations
  Immigration Inquiry
  Committee Advisers
  External Affairs Inquiry
  External Experts Panel
  Negotiation of the Future Relationship between the European Union and the UK Government
  Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit
  Arts Funding Inquiry

•  Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

  Current Business
  Scottish Law Commission Working Group
  Session 5 Bill Correspondence
  Quarterly and Annual Reports
  Scottish Statutory Instrument Tracker

•  Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

  Current Business
  Consumer Scotland Bill
  Energy Inquiry
  Common Frameworks
  One Off Evidence Sessions
  Pre-release Access
  Subordinate Legislation
  Protected Trust Deeds
  Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill
  COVID-19 – impact on Scotland’s businesses, workers and the economy
  BiFab, the offshore wind sector and Scottish supply chain
  Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
  Publicly Owned Energy Company
  Moveable Transactions
  Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill
  Legislative Consent Memorandums
  Statutory Instruments - European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
  Pre-budget scrutiny 2021-22 – impact of COVID-19 on businesses, workers and the economy
  Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill

•  Education and Skills Committee

  Current Business
  Coronavirus and education
  Brexit- Impact on Further and Higher Education
  Early Years, January 2018 - to date
  Further and Higher Education: Fair Access
  Curriculum for Excellence
  Disclosure (Scotland) Bill
  Inquiry into Initial Teacher Education and the early phase of teaching
  Modern Studies
  Additional Support Needs in School Education
  Subordinate legislation May 2018 to date
  Vulnerable children during the coronavirus outbreak
  Subject choices
  Public Petitions
  Counsellors in school education

•  Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

  Current Business
  Water
  EU Exit
  Biodiversity
  Petitions (Active)
  Progress to 2020 Biodiversity Targets 2018
  COP26
  Climate Change
  Marine inquiry
  Deposit Return Scheme
  The Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill
  Marine Environment
  Land Reform
  Crown Estate Scotland
  Draft Budget 2020-21
  Subordinate Legislation
  Wildlife Crime
  Deer Management

•  Equalities and Human Rights Committee

  Current Business
  Brexit
  Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Equalities and Human Rights
  Race Equality, Employment and Skills
  Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill
  Draft Budget Scrutiny 2020-21
  Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
  Public Petitions

•  Finance and Constitution Committee

  Current Business
  Statutory Instruments - European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
  EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
  A Scottish approach to taxation
  Referendums (Scotland) Bill
  Scrutiny of Financial Memoranda
  Common Frameworks
  Coronavirus Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
  Scotland's Fiscal Framework
  Budget Scrutiny 2020-21
  Trade Bill
  UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
  Value Added Tax (VAT)
  Pre-budget scrutiny 2020-21
  UK Internal Market
  Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit
  Constitution
  Earnings in Scotland
  Funding of EU Structural Fund Priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit
  The impact of COVID-19 on the public finances and the Fiscal Framework
  Intergovernmental Relations

•  Health and Sport Committee

  Current Business
  What should primary care look like for the next generation?
  Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill
  Health Hazards in the Healthcare Environment
  Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2020-21
  UK Statutory Instruments - European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
  Social Care Inquiry
  The supply and demand for medicines
  COVID-19
  Scrutiny of NHS Health Boards
  Public Petitions (Active)
  Subordinate (Secondary) Legislation and Legislative Consent Memorandums
  Social Prescribing of Physical Activity and Sport
  One-off evidence sessions with health and sport public bodies

•  Justice Committee

  Current Business
  Children (Scotland) Bill
  Legislative Consent Memorandums
  Secure care places for children and young people in Scotland
  Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Bill
  Post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012
  Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
  Public Petitions
  Brexit-related Statutory Instruments
  Brexit
  COVID-19
  Subordinate Legislation

•  Justice Sub-Committee on Policing

  Current Business
  Police Scotland's role in the immigration process
  Police Scotland's digital data and ICT strategy
  Police Scotland's custody provision
  Facial recognition: how policing in Scotland makes use of this technology
  Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2020-21
  Audit Scotland’s audit of Police Scotland’s i6 IT project
  COVID-19

•  Local Government and Communities Committee

  Current Business
  COVID-19
  Budget Scrutiny 2020-21
  Public Petition PE1719: Review of fire safety stay-put policy
  Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill
  Community Wellbeing
  City Region Deals
  Building Regulations and Fire Safety in Scotland
  Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill
  First-tier Tribunal (Housing and Property Chamber)

•  Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

  Current Business
  Major Capital Projects
  Common Agricultural Policy: Updates
  Scottish Public Pensions Agency: Update on management of PS project
  The 2018/19 audit of NHS Highland
  Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
  The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Police Authority
  Affordable Housing: The Scottish Government's affordable housing supply target
  The 2018/19 audit of Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Cairngorm mountain and funicular railway
  The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency - Management of PS Pensions project
  COVID-19
  Settlement agreements
  Major IT Projects update
  The 2018/19 audit of Disclosure Scotland
  Children and young people's mental health
  The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Prison Service
  Finances of Scottish universities
  Key audit themes
  Scotland Act 2016: audit and accountability arrangements
  Enabling digital government
  The 2018/19 audit of NHS Lothian: Delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
  Post-legislative Scrutiny
  Post-legislative Scrutiny : Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
  Early learning and childcare: Follow-up
  The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
  Privately financed infrastructure investment: The Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) and hub models
  The Administration of Scottish income tax 2018/19
  The 2018/19 audit of Bord na Gaidhlig: Governance and transparency
  Scotland's City Region and Growth Deals

•  Public Petitions Committee

  Current Business
  Current Petitions
  Inquiry into mental health support for young people in Scotland

•  Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

  Current Business
  Call for Evidence on impact of COVID-19 on the rural economy and connectivity in Scotland
  Scotrail Alliance
  Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill
  Subordinate Legislation
  Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)
  Petitions (Active)
  Statutory Instruments - EU Exit legislation
  Inquiry into construction and procurement of ferry vessels in Scotland
  Implications of the EU Exit for Scotland
  Pre-Budget/Financial scrutiny on roads maintenance in Scotland

•  Social Security Committee

  Current Business
  Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill
  COVID-19 and Social Security
  Benefit Take-up

•  Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Amendment) Bill Committee

  Current Business
  Correspondence
  Work Programme
  Committee Visit

•  Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

  Current Business
  Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill
  Committee Bill on financial assistance for opposition parties
  Complaints
  Committee Bill to amend the process for complaints against MSPs