Committees

Current committees

•  Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints

  Current Business
  Written evidence
  Phase 3 - Judicial Review
  Phase 1 - Development of the Policy
  Phase 2 - Complaints Handling
  Phase 4 - Scottish Ministerial Code

•  COVID-19 Committee

  Current Business
  Share your views with the Covid-19 Committee

•  Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee

  Current Business
  COVID-19
  Intergovernmental Relations
  Immigration Inquiry
  Committee Advisers
  External Affairs Inquiry
  Review of the International Development Programme
  External Experts Panel
  Negotiation of the Future Relationship between the European Union and the UK Government
  Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit

•  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
  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
  The Climate Change Plan update
  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
  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
  Draft Budget 2021- 2022
  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
  Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill

•  Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

  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
  The Climate Change Plan update (CCPu)
  COP26
  Climate Change
  Regional Marine Plans
  Deposit Return Scheme
  The Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill
  Marine Environment
  Land Reform
  Crown Estate Scotland
  Subordinate Legislation
  Draft Budget 2021-22
  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
  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

•  Finance and Constitution Committee

  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

•  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
  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
  Health and Sport Committee’s consideration of UK Common Frameworks
  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

•  Justice Committee

  Current Business
  Legislative Consent Memorandums
  Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill
  Domestic Abuse (Protection) (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

•  Justice Sub-Committee on Policing

  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
  Remote piloted aircraft systems (drones) and body worn video cameras
  Police governance and accountability
  Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in relation to Policing

•  Local Government and Communities Committee

  Current Business
  COVID-19
  Licensing of Static Mobile Homes with permanent residents
  Climate Change Plan
  Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill
  Short-term Letting
  No Recourse to Public Funds
  Common Frameworks – Hazardous Substances Planning
  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

•  Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

  Current Business
  Major Capital Projects
  Common Agricultural Policy: Updates
  Post-legislative Scrutiny: Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
  The 2019/20 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
  The 2019/20 audit of NHS Tayside
  Post-legislative Scrutiny: The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Management of Cairngorm mountain and funicular railway
  Settlement agreements
  Major IT Projects update
  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
  The 2018/19 audit of NHS Lothian: Delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
  Post-legislative Scrutiny
  The 2019/20 audit of Scottish Water
  Post-legislative Scrutiny : Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
  Privately financed infrastructure investment: The Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) and hub models
  The 2018/19 audit of Bord na Gaidhlig: Governance and transparency
  The 2019/20 audit of the Scottish Police Authority
  Covid-19: Implications for public finances in Scotland

•  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
  Climate Change Plan Update
  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

•  Social Security Committee

  Current Business
  COVID-19 and Social Security

•  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
  Code of Conduct for MSPs - treatment of others
  Committee Bill on financial assistance for opposition parties
  Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill
  Resilience of the Scottish Parliament’s practices and procedures
  Complaints
  Committee Bill to amend the process for complaints against MSPs