Committees

Current Business
Written evidence
Phase 3 - Judicial Review
Phase 1 - development of the policy
Phase 4 - Scottish Ministerial Code

Current Business
Options for easing the Coronavirus lockdown restrictions
Share your views with the Covid-19 Committee

Current Business
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

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

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
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 - Post-legislative scrutiny
BiFab, the offshore wind sector and Scottish supply chain
Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Registers of Scotland
SNIB Missions
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

Current Business
Coronavirus and education
Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Bill
Brexit- Impact on Further and Higher Education
Early Years, January 2018 - to date
Coronavirus- SQA, exam diet and assessments
Curriculum for Excellence
Inquiry into Initial Teacher Education and the early phase of teaching
Additional Support Needs in School Education
Subordinate legislation May 2018 to date
Vulnerable children during the coronavirus outbreak
Impact of Covid-19 on Further and Higher Education
Public Petitions
Counsellors in school education

Current Business
Water
EU Exit
Green Recovery
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
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

Current Business
Brexit
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Equalities and Human Rights
Race Equality, Employment and Skills
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Public Petitions
Pre-budget scrutiny 2021-22 – impact of COVID-19 on equalities and human rights

Current Business
Statutory Instruments - European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (Legislative Consent Memorandum)
EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
A Scottish approach to taxation
Trade Bill 2020
Pre-budget scrutiny 2021-22
Common Frameworks
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
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

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
UK Statutory Instruments - European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Social Care Inquiry
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2021-22
The supply and demand for medicines
COVID-19
University of St. Andrews (Degrees in Medicine and Dentistry) Bill
Scrutiny of NHS Health Boards
Public Petitions (Active)
Subordinate (Secondary) Legislation and Legislative Consent Memorandums
One-off evidence sessions with health and sport public bodies
Liability for NHS Charges (Treatment of Industrial Disease) (Scotland) Bill

Current Business
Legislative Consent Memorandums
Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill
Post-mortem Examinations (Defence Time Limit) (Scotland) Bill
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
Public Petitions
Brexit-related Statutory Instruments
Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill
Brexit
COVID-19
Subordinate Legislation

Current Business
Brexit
Police Scotland's role in the immigration process
Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2021-22
Police Scotland's digital data and ICT strategy
Police Scotland's custody provision
Facial recognition: how policing in Scotland makes use of this technology
Audit Scotland’s audit of Police Scotland’s i6 IT project
COVID-19
Police governance and accountability

Current Business
COVID-19
Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill
Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill
No Recourse to Public Funds
Community Wellbeing – Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, parts 3 and 5
City Region Deals
European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Building Regulations and Fire Safety in Scotland
Budget Scrutiny 2021-22

Public Petition PE1743
Public Petition PE1778
First-tier Tribunal (Housing and Property Chamber)
Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill

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
National Fraud Initiative 2018/19
The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Police Authority
Affordable Housing: The Scottish Government's affordable housing supply target
Post-legislative Scrutiny: The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016
The 2018/19 audit of Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Cairngorm mountain and funicular railway
Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Management of 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
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
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
Covid-19: Implications for public finances in Scotland

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

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)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
Petitions (Active)
Implications of COVID-19 for the Scottish budget related to connectivity and the rural economy
Statutory Instruments - EU Exit legislation
Inquiry into construction and procurement of ferry vessels in Scotland
Implications of the EU Exit for Scotland

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

Current Business
Correspondence
Work Programme
Committee Visit

Current Business
Committee Bill on financial assistance for opposition parties
Resilience of the Scottish Parliament’s practices and procedures
Complaints
Committee Bill to amend the process for complaints against MSPs

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Current committees

Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints

COVID-19 Committee

Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

Education and Skills Committee

Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

Equalities and Human Rights Committee

Finance and Constitution Committee

Health and Sport Committee

Justice Committee

Justice Sub-Committee on Policing

Local Government and Communities Committee

Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

Public Petitions Committee

Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

Social Security Committee

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

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

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Witness Diversity - External Organisation Guidance

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