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As I pointed to in my letter, as recently as May 2021 the EHRC was describing gender recognition reform as one of its key policy priorities, saying that “a de-medicalised system to change legal sex will better support trans people to live their lives free from discrimination”.
The Scottish Government announced a review of LBTT at the 2025-26 Budget. This review was published on 25 March 20263Scottish Government. (2026, March 25).
Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the first quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2025-26 (SP Paper 869).
Additionally, where there have been more serious concerns about the drafting of instruments (for example, after the first quarter of the 2025/26 Parliamentary Year) issues...
However, the UK Government does accept that the legislative consent process is engaged in respect of clauses 4, 7-10, 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 29-31, 33-35, 78, 81 and schedule 2 (although it has not confirmed which paragraphs of schedule 2) to the extent that these provisions alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers.
, This was originally submitted on 13 October 2025. It was not published until 26 January 2026 due to an administrative oversight
Letter from Ash Regan MSP to the Convener, 9 September 2025
Letter from the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, 29 July 2025
Letter from the Minister for Victims and Community Safety to the Convener, 23 June 2025
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The Scottish Government's memorandum on the Bill stated1Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Convener, 26 June 2025. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/education-children-and-young-people-committee/correspondence/2025/restraint-and-seclusion-bill-cab-sec-es-to-convener-26-june-2025.pdf [accessed 2 December 2025]—
The Scottish Government is not clear from the policy memorandum why the Bill requires independent and grant-aided schools to report restraint to the education authority in which they are situated.
Scottish Government funding
Following its October 2024 Budget, the UK Government highlighted that the Scottish Government would be provided with a £47.7 billion budget settlement in 2025/26, which it stated was "the largest in real terms in the history of devolution".1Scotland Office. (2024).
The Committee notes the SPCB’s budget proposal for 2025-26.
We welcome the SPCB’s efforts to submit a bid below the indicative figures presented with last year’s proposals and note that this has been achieved for what the SPCB describes as the “controllable” elements of the budget.