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Committees Published: 26 November 2024

2025-26 Scottish Budget Bill timeline - Letter of 26 November 2024

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of 26 November 2024. Read the correspondence . 2025-26 Scottish Budget Bill timeline - Letter of 26 November 2024. 2025-26 Scottish Budget Bill timeline - Letter of 26 November 2024.
Last updated: 2 February 2024

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Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2060: Review existing legislation and legal remedies against trespassers; and PE2062: Introduce a National Screening Programme for Prostate Cancer. 5.
Last updated: 27 July 2023

Lower Saxony Report

This was the latest engagement in the strong relationship developed between both parliament in the last 3-4 years.
Last updated: 10 June 2025

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Care homes 40 Visits to or by care home residents (1) The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 is modified as follows. 25 (2A) After section 78 insert— “Regulations under section 78: visits to and by adult care home residents 78A Identification of Essential Care Supporter (1) The Scottish Ministers must exercise the power under section 78(2) to impose a duty on providers of care home services for adults to— 30 (a) identify for every resident of accommodation provided by the care home service at least one individual as an Essential Care Supporter, unless— (i) doing so would be contrary to the resident’s wishes, or (ii) nobody can be identified who is able and willing to be the resident’s Essential Care Supporter, and 35 (b) maintain a record of the Essential Care Supporters identified. 10 Care Reform (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care (2) The Scottish Ministers must set out in regulations under section 78(2)— (a) the criteria to be applied in determining who a resident’s Essential Care Supporter is, and (b) the consultative process with the resident and others by which that 5 determination is to be made. (3) The duty described by subsection (1) must be framed so that a provider of a care home service must have regard to the code published under section 78C in carrying out the duty. 78B Right to visits: care home residents 10 (1) The Scottish Ministers must exercise the power under section 78(2) to impose 1 a duty on providers of care home services for adults to facilitate visits— (a) to residents of accommodation provided by the care home service (“internal visits”), (b) by residents of accommodation provided by the care home service 15 (“external visits”). (2) The duty must be framed so that a provider of a care home service may only suspend visits (specifically or generally) if the provider has reasonable cause to believe that it is essential to do so to prevent a serious risk to the life, health or wellbeing of— 20 (a) in the case of internal visits, persons at the accommodation, (b) in the case of external visits (either or both)— (i) persons at the accommodation, or (ii) persons at the place where the visit would take place, but for the suspension. 25 (3) The duty must also be framed so that, where a provider of a care home service has suspended visits due to a serious risk of a kind described in subsection (2), the provider must take all reasonable steps to eliminate or substantially mitigate the risk so that the suspension of visits can be lifted as soon as practicable. 30 (4) The duty must also be framed so that, even in cases where a provider of a care home service has reasonable cause to believe that suspending visits is essential to prevent a serious risk, the provider must continue to facilitate visits to or by a resident if— (a) either— 35 (i) the provider has reasonable cause to believe that, before the suspension of visits is lifted, the resident will have— (A) died, or (B) undergone, or begun to undergo, a significant deterioration in physical or mental condition, or 11 Care Reform (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care (ii) the provider has reasonable cause to believe that— (A) the suspension of visits is causing, or is likely to cause, serious harm to the resident’s health or wellbeing, and (B) that harm outweighs the serious risk, and 5 (b) the resident and the person visiting, or being visited by, the resident agree to take any action or precaution that the provider reasonably considers would mitigate the serious risk to any extent (other than a negligible one). (5) The duty must also be framed so as to create a presumption that the suspension 10 of visits to a resident by the resident’s Essential Care Supporter is likely to 1 cause serious harm to the resident’s health or wellbeing. (6) Subsection (4) does not preclude the duty from being framed so as to include other circumstances in which visits to or by a resident must continue to be facilitated. 15 (7) The duty must also be framed so that a provider of a care home service must have regard to the code published under section 78C in carrying out the duty. (8) Facilitating external visits, as mentioned in subsection (1), does not entail a provider of a care home service— (a) taking, or accompanying, a resident somewhere outwith accommodation 20 provided by the care home service, or (b) arranging or paying for someone else to do so. 78BA Further provision to be made in connection with sections 78A and 78B (1) The Scottish Ministers must exercise the power under section 78(2) to impose a duty on the providers of care home services for adults to— 25 (a) review, following a valid request, its decision about the suspension of internal or external visits, (b) notify SCSWIS when the provider suspends internal or external visits. (2) The duties described by subsection (1) must be framed— (a) to define what constitutes a valid request to a provider for the purposes 30 of the duty, (b) so that a provider of a care home service must have regard to the code published under section 78C in carrying out the duties. (3) Subsection (1)(b) does not preclude the duty from being framed so as to create exceptions to the requirement to notify SCSWIS in relation to the suspension 35 of internal or external visits. (4) In this section— (a) references to internal and external visits are to be construed in accordance with section 78B(1), (b) references to suspending them cover doing so specifically or generally. 12 Care Reform (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care 78C Code of practice on care home residents’ right to visits (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a code of practice providing guidance on fulfilling the duties imposed in accordance with sections 78A(1), 78B(1) and 78BA(1). 5 (2) The code must provide that in fulfilling those duties the following are to be treated as paramount considerations— (a) the importance to residents of visits in— (i) promoting their dignity, (ii) promoting their physical and mental health and emotional 10 wellbeing, and 1 (iii) realising their human rights, (b) the importance of recognising and supporting the vital role that people who are not care home staff (for example close relatives and friends) play, alongside staff, in providing their loved ones with regular care 15 (including companionship, personal support and advocacy). (3) The code may— (a) provide guidance on how to— (i) implement an effective visiting policy, (ii) adapt personal care plans to include residents’ visiting preferences 20 or requirements, (iii) communicate timeously in writing with those affected about any change to visiting arrangements including the reasons for the change, (b) set out what the Scottish Ministers consider constitutes best practice in— 25 (i) facilitating visits, (ii) care home staff working collaboratively with residents and their friends and families to facilitate visits in the way that best supports residents’ needs, (c) give examples of— 30 (i) the means which providers could use to eliminate or mitigate a serious risk of a kind described in section 78B(2), (ii) factors which may be taken into account in making an assessment about whether the harm caused to a resident in suspending visits outweighs the risk, 35 (d) any other guidance relating to fulfilling the duties mentioned in subsection (1) that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (4) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish the code in a manner that is accessible to the public within the period of one year beginning with the day on which this section comes 40 into force, 13 Care Reform (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care (b) review and, if they consider it appropriate, prepare and publish a new version of the code in such manner as they consider appropriate by the end of each review period, and (c) take such steps as they consider appropriate to promote awareness of 5 the code to providers of care home services for adults. (4A) In carrying out a review of the code, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) have particular regard to any representations that have been made to them about the most recent version of the code by— (i) providers of care home services for adults and their staff, 10 (ii) the residents of accommodation provided by those services, 1 (iii) those residents’ family, friends and other visitors, and (b) invite, and take into account, views from SCSWIS on— (i) whether, since the most recent version of the code was published— (A) any trends have emerged in the suspension of internal or 15 external visits (see section 78B(1)), (B) it has identified any areas of concern, or examples of good practice, in relation to the discharge of the duties imposed in accordance with sections 78A(1), 78B(1) and 78BA(1), (C) meaningful regard is being had to the code by the providers 20 of adult care home services, (ii) what changes to the code would be appropriate. (5) Before publishing any version of the code, the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) SCSWIS, (b) Public Health Scotland, 25 (c) such persons, or groups of persons, who they consider represent the interests of— (i) providers of care home services for adults, (ii) the residents of accommodation provided by such care home services, and 30 (iii) the families of such residents. (5A) When the Scottish Ministers publish a version of the code, they must also publish an adaptation of that version of the code designed to be understood by people with learning difficulties or other conditions affecting how they process information. 35 (6) In this section, “review period” means the period of 5 years beginning with which the latest version of the code was published. the day on 78D Interpretation of sections 78A to 78C In sections 78A to 78C— “care home service for adults” has the meaning given in section 82F, 14 Care Reform (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care “Essential Care Supporter”, in relation to a resident of accommodation provided by a care home service, means the individual recorded as the resident’s Essential Care Supporter in fulfilment of the duty imposed in accordance with section 78A(1), 5 “provider”, in relation to a care home service, is to be construed in accordance with the definition of “provide” in section 105. 78E Review of operation of duties imposed in accordance with sections 78A to 78BA (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare, and make publicly available, a report on 10 the operation of the duties imposed on providers of care home services for 1 adults in accordance with sections 78A(1), 78B(1) and 78BA(1). (2) The duty under subsection (1) must be fulfilled within 2 years of this section coming into force.”.
Official Report Meeting date: 18 April 2023

Meeting of the Parliament 18 April 2023

We must look ahead and use this place to find new solutions and new ways of thinking.
Last updated: 7 March 2023

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Initiative (lodged on 09 September 2020) Tuesday 15 September 2020 20 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22667 Finlay Carson: Douglas Ewart High School Given International Blue Flag of Peace Award (lodged on 08 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22653 Jeremy Balfour: Sense Scotland Celebrates its 35th Anniversary (lodged on 08 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22648 Stuart McMillan: National Eye Health Week 2020 (lodged on 08 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson*, Angela Constance* S5M-22646 David Stewart: Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week (lodged on 08 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22644 Fulton MacGregor: Mark Millar Donation to Albion Rovers FC (lodged on 08 September 2020) New Support: Mary Fee* S5M-22640 Alasdair Allan: Concerns Regarding the Islands Housing Market (lodged on 07 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22638 Margaret Mitchell: Blood Cancer Awareness Month (lodged on 07 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22632 Ruth Maguire: World Suicide Prevention Day (lodged on 04 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance*, Mary Fee* S5M-22629 Clare Adamson: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month 2020 (lodged on 04 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance*, Finlay Carson* S5M-22625 John Mason: Positive Migration Statistics (lodged on 04 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22624 Annabelle Ewing: The Open University in Scotland (lodged on 03 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22614 Stuart McMillan: Museum for Human Rights (lodged on 03 September 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22606 Emma Harper: Market Inn Hotel in Castle Douglas (lodged on 02 September 2020) Tuesday 15 September 2020 21 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22604 Stuart McMillan: Gourock Harbour Infrastructure and Vessels Project (lodged on 02 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22592 Donald Cameron: Welcoming CalMac’s Community Investment Programmes (lodged on 01 September 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22585 Gail Ross: Ullapool Sea Savers (lodged on 31 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22584 Gail Ross: Hardie Crawford Earns a Place in the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Development Band (lodged on 31 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22581 Iain Gray: Anique Burke and Her Friends, Fundraising for Jacaranda Primary and Secondary School, Malawi (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22578 Shona Robison: University of Dundee Appoints New Principal (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22572 Gil Paterson: Smiles All Round at Allander Dental Care in Milngavie (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22571 Christine Grahame: Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22569 Angela Constance: Wonder Woods Woodland Nursery Opens for Business (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22568 Angela Constance: Livingston Firm Empteezy to Produce PPE and Create Jobs (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22564 Clare Adamson: 170 Open University Students in Motherwell and Wishaw (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22563 Clare Adamson: Our Lady’s High School Personal Development Team’s Care Packages for Hospital Patients (lodged on 28 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* Tuesday 15 September 2020 22 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan S5M-22561 Alison Johnstone: Domestic Abuse Information for Educators (lodged on 27 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22556 Gil Paterson: The Transformation of Craigdhu Primary School, Milngavie (lodged on 27 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22555 Gil Paterson: Clydebank Student Aims to Help Transform Older Lives (lodged on 27 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22553 Bill Kidd: International Day Against Nuclear Tests (lodged on 26 August 2020) New Support: Stewart Stevenson* S5M-22511 Neil Findlay: Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance Chief Executive Shortlisted for a National Recognition Award (lodged on 24 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22510 Neil Findlay: Dylan Hamilton Wins Young Scot Award and Environment Award at Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2020 (lodged on 24 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22507 Keith Brown: Armed Services Advice Project's 10th Anniversary (lodged on 24 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22500 Alexander Burnett: Eddie Gillanders' Contribution to the Royal Northern Agricultural Society (lodged on 24 August 2020) New Support: Bill Bowman* S5M-22488 Ruth Maguire: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (lodged on 21 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22400 Fulton MacGregor: Victim Support Scotland's 35th Anniversary (lodged on 11 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22383 Neil Findlay: Aldi Whitburn Provides Over 19,000 Meals to Local People (lodged on 07 August 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22338 Neil Findlay: WASPI Women Protest in Livingston (lodged on 30 July 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* Tuesday 15 September 2020 23 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan S5M-22337 Neil Findlay: The Winchburgh Wombles Keep Winchburgh Tidy (lodged on 30 July 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22313 Colin Smyth: Save Scotland’s Airports (lodged on 24 July 2020) New Support: Daniel Johnson* S5M-22311 Neil Findlay: West Lothian College Student Association Featured in a Book Regarding the Bologna Process (lodged on 24 July 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22300 Andy Wightman: ScotWays' 175th Anniversary (lodged on 21 July 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22272 Gordon Lindhurst: West Lothian Nature Reserve Secures Expansion (lodged on 15 July 2020) New Support: Angela Constance* S5M-22192 John Finnie: Relief for Refugees Held on the Aegean Islands (lodged on 30 June 2020) New Support: Neil Findlay* Tuesday 15 September 2020 24 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Questions | Ceistean Oral Questions Topical Questions selected for answer on 15 September 2020 1.
Last updated: 21 November 2024

SPICe Briefing for petition PE2118

The latest Scottish National Climate Adaptation Plan 2024-2029, was published on th 25 September 2024.
Official Report Meeting date: 6 February 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 06 February 2025

Budget 2025-26 (Hospice Care) To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to invest in the hospice care sector, in light of the £4 million referred to in the draft budget 2025-26.
SPICe briefings Date published: 23 November 2017

UK Autumn Budget 2017 - impact on Scotland - OBR forecasts

This table also includes the difference in the latest forecast compared with the March forecast.
SPICe briefings Date published: 20 March 2018

The impact of Brexit on Scotland's growth sectors - Workers

Retrieved from <a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/news/latest-news/drop-in-seasonal-workers-leaves-some-farms-critically-short/" target="_blank">https://www.nfuonline.com/news/latest-news/drop-in-seasonal-workers-leaves-some-farms-critically-short/</a> [accessed 16 March 2018] by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has found that there has been a drop of 17% in the number of seasonal migrant workers over the period January-May 2017.

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