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Under that Act, the Scottish Government made regulations (in force from 26 March 2020) to implement physical distancing and impose restrictions on gatherings, events and operation of business activity.
Below is a summary of key data related to trans young people’s experiences linked to education: • The percentage of respondents who are aware of transphobic bullying steadily increased over the last 15 years from 26% in 2007 3 to 69% in 2022 . • 61% of trans participants said they were not confident to report homophobic/biphobic bullying in school; this com...
After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division: For 26, Against 92, Abstentions 0). The motion was then agreed to ((DT) by division: For 66, Against 30, Abstentions 23). 8.
Are there existing differing regimes in operation between Scotland and the rest of the UK and what are the consequences of those? With reference to paragraphs 26 and 27 of the statement of reasons which identifies the removal of medical diagnosis as leading to a “substantive change to what a man or a woman is for the purposes of the 2010 Act”, does the UK G...
It will bring into law the proposals announced in the Budget on 26 November 2025. There are over 100 resolutions made as part of the UK Budget that make changes across a wide range of taxes including income tax, corporation tax, VAT, duties on alcohol and tobacco products, vehicle excise duties, landfill tax and aggregates levy.
A SPICe blog What’s in the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill was published on 26 March 2024.
A SPICe briefing on electoral reform in Scotland and the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill was published on 28 February 2024 and provides further detail on the background to the Bill.
Committee reports
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19 December 2025
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The SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee indicated that the SPCB’s Budget bid for 2025-26 included a total cost for officeholders of £16.6 million.
The UK Post-Legislative Scrutiny Gap. Journal of Legislative Studies, 26(3), 387-404.. As Interviewee O1 noted, “Session 5 was an attempt to try and address that” (Interview O1).