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The Cabinet Secretary explained that some fish farm businesses have expressed an interest in making an application for farms in offshore locations and, therefore, it is important that the regulatory framework is in place in advance of these applications being made.
A senior academic from an ancient university expressed the view that the lack of good governance, strategic thinking and strategic financial management by “people in those positions who are incapable of coming to the right decisions [and] able to get away with it because they don’t get challenged” is deemed “very dangerous”.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2026
Committee consideration
Removal of the power to sub‑delegate
The Committee’s principal concern at Stage 1 related to the express power in section 21(2)(c) which allowed the Scottish Ministers to confer powers to make subordinate legislation.
We think there is more work to be done to properly engage with, and address, the genuine concerns which have been expressed. If there is a risk that a new law might cause harm to women and make them less safe, we must proceed with caution.
As part of this review, views would be sought from the Scottish Government, Business Managers and the Non-Government Bills Unit. Any comments or concerns expressed to clerks by individual Members during the period of the temporary change would also be taken into account.
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The Policy Memorandum expressed the view that “at present, the procurator fiscal would not necessarily take into account the significance to a community or the symbolic and cultural value of a war memorial”.2Scottish Parliament. (2025).
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Of the 48 submissions to the Committee's Call for Views, 46 respondents (96%) provided views on the Bill's policy objectives. Among these, 33 (72%) expressed a welcoming, supportive, or empathetic stance toward the Bill's intent or general principles.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
In some of the submissions, the view was expressed that what was struck at was the transfer of the underlying ownership, meaning that that would be null and void.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 December 2025
The participation of citizens in developing and evaluating policy in a meaningful way
Throughout the session the Committee has expressed concern about the limited extent to which citizens have been involved in developing and evaluating policy in a meaningful way.
Additionally, SEPA has informed SPICe that it is aware of at least 12 Scottish Water discharges of untreated sewage from communities that are each over 1000 population equivalent (pe)iPopulation Equivalent or 'PE' is a standardised unit measure of the maximum organic load a sewage treatment plant can process, expressed in terms of a fixed population's contr...