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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to provide a record of the Committee’s scrutiny of instruments and documents (Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs), UK Statutory Instruments (SIs) subject to joint procedure in the Scottish Parliament and documents subject to Parliamentary control) during the third quarter of the parliamentary year in 2025-26, covering the period 18 November 2025 to 26 January 2026.
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill number26Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)60Date introduced25 Apr 23Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1 discussions in lead committeeStage 1 discussions in other committeesStage 1 report ref.Stage 1 plenary debatePreliminary discussions in committee prior to Stage 2CJ 4 Dec 24CJ 11 Dec 24CJ 26...
It covers £24 billion, or just under half of all resource spending in 2025-26, including health, schools, funded early learning and childcare (ELC), and transport.
Figure 3 below shows resource allocations to portfolios for 2025-26 and how they differ from the ABR when the internal transfers from, for example health to local government, are excluded from the 2024-25 baseline.
The DPLRC considered the re-laid Regulations at its meeting on 26 October and had no issues to report.1Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. (2021, October 26). 13th Report 2021.
Due to the constrained time available for scrutiny for this Bill, the Committee took no further evidence and published a Stage 1 Report on 13 November, making no overall recommendation on the general principles of the Bill.
The Bill fell at Stage 1 on 26 January 2021. There were 26 votes for, 90 against, and 1 absten...
Additional powers for islands
Amendment 80, in the name of Colin Smyth, focused on developing mechanisms through which specific powers could be devolved to island local authorities. Amendments 26 and 27 had the same aim, but with a differing approach.