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Scottish Languages Bill
SP Bill number39Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)27Date introduced29 Nov 23Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1 discussions in lead committeeECYP 15 May 24ECYP 22 May 24ECYP 19 Jun 24ECYP 26 Jun 24Stage 1 discussions in other committeesStage...
The Committee agreed its approach to pre-budget scrutiny for the 2026-27 budget on 19 and 26 June 2025 and decided its focus would be on forecasted social security spend in the context of the Scottish Budget as a whole.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Scottish Government position
On potential tax changes, the Cabinet Secretary said the Scottish Government has looked at evidence submitted by stakeholders on this, but made clear it has already diverged from the UK tax system in a way that has generated £1.7bn of additional revenue in 2025-26.The Social Justice and Social Security Committee.