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Consideration of a new petition: The Committee will consider the following new petition— PE1913: Fast-track future Adult Disability Payment applications for people undergoing cancer treatment. 4.
Inverclyde Council (Funding) To ask the Scottish Government what the total funding allocation is for Inverclyde Council for 2025-26. (S6O-04102) The local government finance settlement will provide record funding of £15 billion in 2025-26, which is a real-terms increase of 4.7 per cent.
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The Committee took oral evidence from witnesses between 26 June and 24 November 2025, including from the Scottish Government Minister for Victims and Community Safety and the Member-in-Charge of the Bill.
Scottish Women's Aid commented in oral evidence that Equally Safe is a "flexible strategy", able to adapt to new evidence, and that its recognition of economic abuse is an example of this.
Given the limited and closed review of the Fiscal Framework which took place in 2023, the Cabinet Secretary was asked during budget 2025-26 scrutiny if she is aware of any appetite within the UK Government for a wider review of the Fiscal Framework which could consider issues such as adjustments based on relative growth with the rest of the UK.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
Section 1(1) - Creation of a statutory circular economy strategy
Section 1 of the Bill places a new statutory duty on Scottish Ministers to "prepare" a circular economy strategy.