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Retrieved from https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/9417/3322/2554/Executive_Summary.pd In May 2025, the Scottish Government issued its response, expressing overall support for the proposals set out in the 2024 report.3Scottish Government. (2025, May 15).
However, both Transparency International UK and mySociety expressed concern about an organisation “marking its own homework”.iiStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. (2025, 6 November).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
The Law Society stated that “the express terminology referring to the parties’ intention that their communications have legal effect is clearer and more readily understandable than the common law concepts of will, desire, and engagement.”iWritten evidence.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2025
Despite these concerns a majority of the Committee [Karen Adam, Maggie Chapman, Paul McLennan and Marie McNair] supports the general principles of the Bill, recognising that substantial amendments will be required.
Given the concerns expressed about the Bill, however, one member of the Committee [Rhoda Grant] was not a position to make a recommendation on t...
He told the Committee that select committees were disconnected from Chamber business, expressing the view that they may not present the best value for public money and may carry out functions best conducted by others.iStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. (2025, March 20).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2025
Other grounds:
ground (c) – (where the instrument has retrospective effect where the parent statute confers no express authority so to provide);
ground (d) – (unjustifiable delay in publication or laying);
ground (h) – (clarity of form or meaning); and
the general reporting ground (which includes minor drafting errors and failures to follow proper drafting ...
On 6 March 2025, there was a joint committee debate in the Chamber on the People’s Panel report. Members expressed support for the Panel’s work and welcomed the opportunity to debate its findings.
The evaluation of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act and drug harm and deaths panels also looked at panel composition. When asked, participants expressed a “moderate” to “very” strong (for the climate change panel) or “very” to “extremely” strong (for the drug harm and deaths panel) feeling that the Panel represented the broader population of Scotland.
In its conclusions, it commented (p 72):
Our brief recognised that victims and victim support organisations had concerns about the current operation of the scheme in that it was seen as bureaucratic, difficult to navigate, disjointed and confusing. Concerns had been expressed about the level of take-up and that some victims may be failing to engage for reas...