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She considered that—
This proposed legislation would remove a key link in this multi-million pound industry through a reduction in profits and, consequently, a reduction in the potential for trafficking of women and girls.
She also argued that a new criminal offence of paying for sex would mean Scotland is aligned with, and undertaking, its international hu...
Views on the proposal
This proposal in the Bill attracted widespread support, including from those who took different views on the question of whether there should be a new offence criminalising the buyers of sexual services.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2025
The Minister added that Iraqi firms have not previously bid in public procurement processes, but the new regulations would enable them to do so in future.
She stated that MPs’ knowledge about the pool of candidates may have been limited, either because the MP’s voting were new MPs themselves, or because candidates were newly elected.
Collectively, and to reflect service planning on the ground, the three bodies are to be known as 'lead children's services planning bodies'.
Section 22(2) inserts the new term 'lead children’s services planning bodies' into the 2014 Act.
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Scotland had established an internationally renowned New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy (NSRIS), which includes principles of refugee integration and working group structures around key issues such as housing, employability and welfare rights, language, and health and wellbeing.