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In Scotland this could drive economic growth through improved productivity from greater adoption of online transactions, new business opportunities and improved resource allocation.
Review of relevant powers
Section 12: Ban on advertising within event zones
Power conferred on: Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: Regulations made by Scottish statutory instrument
Parliamentary procedure: Affirmative
Revised or new power: Revised
Provision
Section 12(1) provides that it is an offence to advertise within an event ...
Plans to curb excess profits in children and young people’s residential care lack clarity, Committee warns.
The finding is one of many from a new report that calls for significant changes to the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill, which aims to improve the services and support provided to people in the children's care sys...
The People's Panels model of deliberation which the Parliament recently agreed to use throughout Session 7 would not necessarily have been an appropriate model here, but it does indicate the commitment that the Scottish Parliament has made to exploring and implementing new ways of working.
Smaller deliberative processes outside of people's panels would be a...
Retrieved from https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/152649/wat_ps_08_01.pdf [accessed 3 June 2025]
SEPA considers that untreated sewage discharges are unacceptable, mainly due to the discharge of sewage solids, including plastic items and will not authorise new untreated discharges.2SEPA. (2024).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Duty to set statutory targets
The Bill would insert a new section 2C into the 2004 Act which would give enabling powers to the Scottish Ministers to set, in secondary legislation, statutory targets for improving biodiversity.
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/freedom-of-information-reform-scotland-bill [accessed 17 July 2025] The implementation of the new duty to publish an accompanying code of practice is provided for by section 15 of the Bill (see Codes of practice).
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/freedom-of-information-reform-scotland-bill/introduction/spbill72pms062025accessible.pdf [accessed 18 July 2025]Further background on the status of deleted information under FOISA and the evidence disclosures from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry can be found in the following SPICe publications:
The right to know: freedom of information in Scotland (The UK COVID-19 Inquiry and freedom of information practice)
Digital footprints to deleted trails: what is the status of deleted information and non-corporate messaging tools in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002?
The new...
Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/news/keeping-brothers-and-sisters-together/
People: Care experienced children must be supported to develop relationships.