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Last updated: 16 December 2024

Schools Residential Outdoor Education Scotland Bill 13 December 2024

Key benefits of the system include the ability to co-ordinate data around provision of off-site trips at a school, and local authority level.

SPICe briefings Date published: 21 April 2020

UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations: Fisheries - 9.2 Approval and ratification by the UK

Scotland's role in the development of future UK trade arrangements. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments/pages/8/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-role-development-future-uk-trade-arrangments/pages/8/</a> [accessed 26 March 2020] Despite these arguments for greater involvement of the Scottish Ministers in the negotiations, the Secretary of State has recently reaffirmed that the UK government will be “actively engaging the devolved Administrations in what we propose, sharing the draft legal texts and some of the fisheries elements of it with them”, but the devolved Administrations “will not be specifically in the room per se, nor will they have a veto on it.”3Housed of Lords.

SPICe briefings Date published: 27 March 2020

Revised UK Agriculture Bill 2020 - 13.4 On what basis will funding for agriculture and land management be allocated?

Recently published details of Defra's new Environmental Land Management Scheme for England states that: Our ambition is to channel public money into the delivery of public goods – focusing on improving the health of our environment, on a far greater scale than achieved under the CAP (and at a lower cost). 3UK Government. (2020, February). Farming for the future Policy and progress update. Retrieved from <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868041/future-farming-policy-update1.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868041/future-farming-policy-update1.pdf</a> [accessed 26 March 2020] If there were to be a reduction in funding in England, it is not clear if Scotland's budget would be affected.

Last updated: 15 January 2026

BIMR LGBT Forum visit report

It was agreed that we may look to hosting future meetings in another parliament other than Westminster.

Committees Published: 21 January 2022

Petition 1872: Improve the Reliability of Island Ferry Services

This is tackled on a priority basis to avoid potential vessel breakdowns and delays to the ferry service and customers. This will provide future resilience providing, in the longer term, increased vessel reliability and availability.

Last updated: 11 June 2024

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Group 1: Scottish social security principles 17, 18 Group 2: Minor and technical amendments 19, 23, 27, 30, 33, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 74, 75, 89, 95, 103, 104, 104A, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 123 Group 3: Promoting take-up 1, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 36, 38, 11 Group 4: Advocacy 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 94 Group 5: Assessments 41, 42, 2, 46, 66, 15 Debate to end no later than 1 hour after proceedings begin Group 6: Preparation and approval of Charter 3, 4, 5, 6 Group 7 Meaning of the Scottish social security system 52 SP Bill 18A-G Session 5 (2018) G roup 8: Voluntarily ending entitlement to assistance 7 Debate to end no later than 1 hour 25 minutes after proceedings begin Group 9: Disability assistance for the terminally ill 53, 111, 111A, 111B, 148, 113, 114 Group 10: Application process and appealing against rejection of applications and re-determination requests 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69, 98 Group 11: Right to reports used in determining entitlement 57, 62, 70 Group 12: Record of Ministers’ determination and associated information 8, 9, 10 Debate to end no later than 2 hours 15 minutes after proceedings begin Group 13: Appeal to First-tier Tribunal against Ministers’ determination 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132 Group 14: Recovery of assistance given error 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 80, 146, 147 Group 15: Offences 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 Group 16: Adjusting for inflation 90, 91, 12, 13, 14, 139, 140, 141 Debate to end no later than 3 hours and 15 minutes after proceedings begin Group 17: Child benefit supplement 138, 142, 143 Group 18: Housing assistance 92, 93, 119, 120, 121, 122 Group 19: Universal Credit: payment to joint claimants 144 Group 20: Scrutiny of subordinate legislation 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 16, 145 Debate to end no later than 4 hours after proceedings begin SP Bill 18A-G Session 5 (2018) Amendments in debating order Group 1: Scottish social security principles Jackie Baillie 17 In section 1, page 1, line 19, leave out and insert Adam Tomkins 18 In section 1A, page 1, line 21, at end insert— Group 2: Minor and technical amendments Jeane Freeman 19 In section 1B, page 2, line 5, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 23 In section 1E, page 2, line 35, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 27 Move section 1E to after section 1C Jeane Freeman 30 In section 1G, page 3, line 27, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 33 In section 1G, page 3, line 35, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 37 Move section (Strategy to promote take-up) to after section 1F Jeane Freeman 39 Move section (Further provision about preparing strategies to promote take-up) to after section 1F Jeane Freeman 40 In section 1J, page 5, line 5, leave out and insert SP Bill 18A-ML Session 5 (2018) J eane Freeman 43 In section 1J, page 5, line 17, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 44 In section 1J, page, 5, line 22, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 45 In section 1J, page 5, line 23, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 47 In section 3, page 6, line 8, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 48 In section 3, page 6, line 21, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 49 In section 3, page 6, line 28, leave out Jeane Freeman 50 In section 5, page 7, line 12, leave out Jeane Freeman 51 In section 5A, page 7, line 24, after insert Jeane Freeman 64 Move section 29A to after section 32B Jeane Freeman 65 In section 30, page 19, line 3, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 67 In section 31, page 19, line 21, after insert Jeane Freeman 68 In section 32A, page 20, line 26, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 71 Move section 33 to after section 29 J eane Freeman 74 Move section 34 to after section 29 Jeane Freeman 75 Move section 35 to after section 29 Jeane Freeman 89 In section 44, page 27, line 32, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 95 In section 55, page 36, line 5, leave out Jeane Freeman 103 In section 56, page 37, line 39, after insert Jeremy Balfour 104 In schedule A1, page 43, leave out lines 16 to 18 and insert— Jeane Freeman Supported by: Jeremy Balfour 104A*As an amendment to amendment 104, line 4, after insert Jeane Freeman 105 In schedule 1, page 47, leave out lines 11 to 13 and insert Jeane Freeman 106 In schedule 2, page 49, leave out lines 21 to 23 and insert Jeane Freeman 107 In schedule 3, page 50, line 15, leave out and insert J eane Freeman 108 In schedule 3, page 51, line 10, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 109 In schedule 3, page 51, line 32, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 110 In schedule 3, page 51, line 33, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 112 In schedule 4, page 53, line 2, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 115 In schedule 5, page 57, line 4, leave out from to end of line 5 and insert Jeane Freeman 116 In schedule 6, page 58, line 19, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 117 In schedule 6, page 60, leave out lines 17 to 19 and insert Jeane Freeman 118 In schedule 7, page 63, leave out lines 5 to 7 and insert Jeane Freeman 123 In schedule 8, page 67, line 22, leave out and insert G roup 3: Promoting take-up Pauline McNeill 1 After section 1C, insert— Ruth Maguire Supported by: Mark Griffin 20 After section 1C, insert— Ruth Maguire 21 Leave out section 1D Jeremy Balfour 22 In section 1E, page 2, line 33, after insert Jeremy Balfour 24 In section 1E, page 3, line 1, after insert Jeremy Balfour 25 In section 1E, page 3, line 4, at end insert— Jeremy Balfour 26 In section 1E, page 3, line 5, after insert Jeremy Balfour 28 Leave out section 1F Jeane Freeman 36 Leave out section 1H and insert— Jeane Freeman 38 Leave out section 1I and insert— P auline McNeill 11 After section 35, insert— Group 4: Advocacy Jeane Freeman 29 In section 1G, page 3, line 25, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 31 In section 1G, page 3, line 30, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 32 In section 1G, page 3, line 31, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 34 In section 1G, page 3, line 37, leave out from beginning to in line 39 and insert— J eane Freeman 35 After section 1G, insert— Jeane Freeman 94 In section 55, page 36, line 5, after first insert Group 5: Assessments Adam Tomkins 41 In section 1J, page 5, line 8, after insert Jeane Freeman 42 In section 1J, page 5, line 15, at end insert— Mark Griffin 2 After section 1J, insert— Alison Johnstone 46 After section 1J, insert— Alison Johnstone 66 After section 30, insert— Mark Griffin 15 In section 55, page 36, line 5, after first insert Group 6: Preparation and approval of Charter Pauline McNeill 3 In section 3, page 6, line 2, leave out Pauline McNeill 4 In section 3, page 6, line 34, at end insert— Pauline McNeill 5 In section 5, page 7, line 3, leave out and insert Pauline McNeill 6 In section 5, page 7, leave out line 22 and insert— Group 7 Meaning of the Scottish social security system Adam Tomkins 52 In section 7, page 9, line 13, leave out from to end of line 16 and insert G roup 8: Voluntarily ending entitlement to assistance Mark Griffin 7 After section 9, insert— Group 9: Disability assistance for the terminally ill Jeane Freeman 53 In section 14, page 11, line 16, leave out subsection (1A) Jeane Freeman 111 In schedule 4, page 52, line 15, at end insert— THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Ben Macpherson 111A As an amendment to amendment 111, line 5, at beginning insert Ben Macpherson 111B As an amendment to amendment 111, line 6, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman Supported by: Jeremy Balfour 148* In schedule 4, page 52, line 15, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 113 In schedule 4, page 53, line 17, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 114 In schedule 4, page 55, leave out lines 5 to 7 and insert Group 10: Application process and appealing against rejection of applications and re- determination requests Jeane Freeman 54 In section 20, page 13, line 10, leave out from to end of line 11 and insert— Jeane Freeman 55 In section 20, page 13, line 12, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 56 In section 20, page 13, line 24, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 58 In section 23, page 14, line 33, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 59 In section 23A, page 14, line 37, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 60 In section 23A, page 15, line 9, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 61 In section 23A, page 15, line 10, leave out subsection (3) to (7) Jeane Freeman 63 In section 29A, page 18, line 20, leave out and insert Jeane Freeman 69 After section 32B, insert— Jeane Freeman 98 In section 55, page 36, line 8, leave out Group 11: Right to reports used in determining entitlement Mark Griffin 57 In section 22, page 14, line 10, at end insert— Mark Griffin 62 In section 25, page 16, line 15, at end insert— Mark Griffin 70 After section 32B, insert— Group 12: Record of Ministers’ determination and associated information Mark Griffin 8 In section 22, page 14, line 10, at end insert— THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Mark Griffin 9 In section 25, page 16, line 17, at end insert— Mark Griffin 10 In section 26, page 16, line 29, at end insert— Group 13: Appeal to First-tier Tribunal against Ministers’determination Jackie Baillie 124 In section 25, page 16, line 10, after insert Jackie Baillie 125 In section 25, page 16, line 17, at end insert— Jackie Baillie 126 In section 26, page 16, leave out lines 25 to 29 and insert— Jackie Baillie 127 In section 27A, page 17, line 8, after insert THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Jackie Baillie 128 In section 27A, page 17, line 9, leave out Jackie Baillie 129 In section 27A, page 17, line 11, leave out Jackie Baillie 130 In section 27A, page 17, line 21, leave out Jackie Baillie 131 After section 27A, insert— Pauline McNeill 132 After section 29, insert— THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Group 14: Recovery of assistance given error Jeane Freeman 72 In section 34, page 21, line 37, leave out from to in line 38 Jeane Freeman 73 In section 34, page 22, line 8, at end insert— Jeane Freeman 76 In section 36, page 22, line 24, leave out Jeane Freeman 77 In section 36, page 22, line 32, leave out from to in line 33 and insert Jeane Freeman 78 In section 36, page 23, leave out lines 1 and 2 and insert— Jeane Freeman 79 In section 36A, page 23, line 4, leave out second and insert Mark Griffin 133 In section 36A, page 23, line 7, leave out Mark Griffin 134 In section 36A, page 23, line 13, at end insert— Mark Griffin 135 In section 36A, page 23, line 14, leave out and insert Mark Griffin 136 In section 36A, page 23, line 19, leave out and insert THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Jeremy Balfour 137 After section 37, insert— Jeane Freeman 80 After section 38A, insert— Jeremy Balfour Supported by: Jeane Freeman 146* After section 38A, insert— Jeremy Balfour Supported by: Jeane Freeman 147* In section 55, page 36, line 6, after insert Group 15: Offences Pauline McNeill 81 In section 39, page 24, line 24, after first insert THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Pauline McNeill 82 In section 40, page 25, line 4, after insert Pauline McNeill 83 In section 40, page 25, line 7, leave out Pauline McNeill 84 In section 40, page 25, line 7, leave out and insert Pauline McNeill 85 In section 41, page 25, line 32, after first insert Pauline McNeill 86 In section 41, page 25, line 35, leave out Pauline McNeill 87 In section 41, page 25, line 36, leave out and insert Pauline McNeill 88 In section 42, page 26, line 24, leave out Group 16: Adjusting for inflation Jeane Freeman 90 In section 44A, page 28, line 16, after insert Jeane Freeman 91 In section 44A, page 28, line 18, after insert Ben Macpherson 12 In section 44B, page 28, line 37, at end insert— Ben Macpherson 13 In section 44B, page 29, line 7, leave out from to end of line 8 and insert Ben Macpherson 14 In section 44B, page 29, line 15, at end insert— THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Mark Griffin 139 In section 47, page 30, line 29, after insert Mark Griffin 140 In section 47, page 30, line 31, at end insert— Mark Griffin 141 In section 47, page 30, line 34, at end insert— Group 17: Child benefit supplement Mark Griffin Supported by: Elaine Smith, Alison Johnstone 138 After section 46, insert— Mark Griffin Supported by: Elaine Smith 142 In section 48, page 31, line 3, leave out and insert Mark Griffin Supported by: Elaine Smith 143 In section 48, page 31, line 3, leave out and insert Group 18: Housing assistance Jeane Freeman 92 In section 48D, page 32, line 26, after insert Jeane Freeman 93 In section 48D, page 32, line 26, after insert Jeane Freeman 119 In schedule 8, page 63, line 23, leave out from beginning to in line 24 and insert Jeane Freeman 120 In schedule 8, page 63, line 27, at end insert— THIS IS NOT THE MARSHALLED LIST Jeane Freeman 121 In schedule 8, page 64, line 17, after insert Jeane Freeman 122 In schedule 8, page 66, line 21, at end insert— Group 19: Universal Credit: payment to joint claimants Mark Griffin 144 After section 53, insert— Group 20: Scrutiny of subordinate legislation Jeane Freeman 96 In section 55, page 36, line 6, after insert Jeane Freeman 97 In section 55, page 36, line 6, after insert Jeane Freeman 99 In section 55, page 36, line 8, leave out Jeane Freeman 100 In section 55, page 36, line 8, leave out and insert Adam Tomkins 101 In section 55A, page 36, line 27, at end insert— Adam Tomkins 102 In section 55A, page 36, line 30, at end insert— Pauline McNeill 16 In section 55A, page 37, leave out lines 20 to 23 Pauline McNeill 145 After section 55B, insert—  Parliamentary copyright.

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 September 2023

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Parts 6 and 7 - what the Bill does

Data Protection Impact Assessment Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/impact-assessment/2023/05/visitor-levy-bill-data-protection-impact-assessment/documents/visitor-levy-bill-dpia/visitor-levy-bill-dpia/govscot%3Adocument/visitor-levy-bill-dpia.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/impact-assessment/2023/05/visitor-levy-bill-data-protection-impact-assessment/documents/visitor-levy-bill-dpia/visitor-levy-bill-dpia/govscot%3Adocument/visitor-levy-bill-dpia.pdf</a> states that a register will likely include personal data of accommodation providers such as names, addresses, postcodes and phone numbers.

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 September 2023

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Parts 1 and 2 - what the Bill does

The interplay between the visitor levy and VAT is discussed in the box below.

Last updated: 7 March 2023

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Last updated: 20 February 2025

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NatureScot anticipate that increased deer management will vary across the sites they manage, with some sites requiring increased cull targets and others requiring no increase.

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