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Such innovations pay dividends. Last week, I visited the University of the Highlands and Islands, which has a new school of health, social care and life sciences.
The Scottish Government’s Director of Public Spending told the Committee that “there is a greater degree of investment of financial transactions in 2026-27 compared with the 2025-26 figures, but we will come back to you on that for full transparency, convener”.
We welcome the comments from Ash Regan MSP that “no voice has been ignored” during the Committee’s scrutiny of the Bill.iCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, Wednesday 26 November 2025, (Col 1)
It was clear that the proposal in section 1 to criminalise the buyer of sexual acts was the most controversial element of the Bill.
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Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010 by setting new limit values for nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter which align with the World Health Organisation air quality guidelines published in 2021..
iJustice Committee, Official Report, 9 May 2017, col. 40
Evidence to the Committee was divided as to whether the Bill was right in defining the new offence in this way, rather than (as in England and Wales) legislating for an offence that would apply to relationships within households generally.