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Official Report Meeting date: 25 September 2013

Meeting of the Parliament 25 September 2013

Would it be possible to find out whether everyone who speaks agrees with going to a new set of verdicts—proven and not proven?

Official Report Meeting date: 3 March 2009

Subordinate Legislation Committee, 03 Mar 2009

Under rule 9.7.9 of standing orders, we report on new or substantially altered delegated powers provisions following stage 2 consideration.

SPICe briefings Date published: 11 June 2026

Prisons: Subject Profile - Average prison population - total and male

However, the total average population had by 2024-25 risen to a new high of 8,213. This was despite the use of emergency early release powers during 2024-25 which were aimed at tackling the rising prison population.

SPICe briefings Date published: 8 June 2026

Revisions to the Standing Orders during Session 6 of the Scottish Parliament - Reduction of maximum committee size

Reduction of maximum committee size The SPPA Committee concluded in its Strengthening committees' effectiveness report: We think that a new approach is needed to setting the size of committees.

Committee reports Date published: 25 March 2026

Legacy Report of the Public Audit Committee, Session 6 - National Fraud Initiative

Data is matched from a variety of sources, including housing benefit, council tax, payroll, pensions and the electoral roll. In the 2022/23 NFI exercise, new data was made available from HMRC and data matched from the Non-Domestic Rates Small Business Bonus Scheme.

Committee reports Date published: 23 March 2026

Legacy Report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, Session 6 - Annual budget scrutiny

Using human rights framing has not only proven a useful structure for a long-term approach, it has also provided an impetus and opportunities for innovation and piloting new approaches to engagement. Our work on pre-Budget scrutiny also gave us the opportunity to collaborate with professional stakeholders and academics, including through a fellowship with ...

Committee reports Date published: 13 March 2026

Report on the Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] - Background

An Act of the UK Parliament, it makes provision for the regulation of social housing in England and Wales, including provisions requiring the Secretary of State to set out in regulations new requirements for social landlords to address hazards in social housing.iSocial Housing (Regulation) Act 2023.

Committee reports Date published: 12 March 2026

Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill - Committee Consideration

Members asked about the financial impact of the Bill on the public sector and on businesses, and about the potential scale of the new duties. Paul Chapman stated that no major costs are expected as a result of the Bill and that the designation of critical suppliers (which would require them to comply with cyber security regulation) would only be used as a l...

Committee reports Date published: 6 March 2026

Cross-Committee work on Tackling Drug Deaths and Drug Harm Session 6 Legacy Report - Drug checking pilot projects

The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce-funded research project, Researching and developing key components of a new Scottish drug checking programme, identified three areas as possible drug-checking pilot sites as well as a national hub based at the University of Dundee.