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This chapter will look at what the COFOG data tells us about spending during Session 6 of the Scottish Parliament, informing the public finance context for the new government.
Information sharing
Parties are expected to share ideas and best practice and alert other Parties to new policy developments, with a standing agenda item for policy developments at the quarterly Working Group.
Section 12
Section 12 of the Bill, by amending the 2011 Act, allows for panel members to be remunerated as well as paid allowances. The new powers of remuneration are, in particular, intended to apply to panel members fulfilling chairing member roles (as discussed earlier) and any specialist members.
This Bill makes permanent certain temporary powers relating to the criminal courts introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as introducing several new criminal court procedures. Part 2 of the Bill also creates a process for reviewing deaths which relate to abusive behaviour within relationships.
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/contents [accessed 24 February 2026]This allows the Presiding Officer, or the deputies, to undertake duties in relation to scheduling of elections, the administration of the Parliament by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, and the establishment of the new Parliament following the election.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
In reporting, the lead committee should take account of views submitted to it by any other committee.
The Bill creates a new public duty, which requires all public bodies to have "due regard" for the need to promote wellbeing and sustainable development in the exercise of their functions.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 December 2025
The Committee was content with the ancillary and commencement powers.
No new delegated powers have been added at Stage 2, and the ancillary and commencement powers are unchanged.
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.
This makes it possible for more than one review to be conducted under section 4 of the 2011 Act, for example, where new evidence has come to light.
It also expands the grounds on which a reviewer may decide to reject an application (rather than solely on the basis that it is deemed ‘vexatious’).
This is another important illustration of the ways that lived experience can support new ways of thinking, and how it has the potential to strengthen bills as they work their way through the Parliamentary process.