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China (Visit) 6. To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment the Minister for Culture and External Affairs has made of the Scottish Government’s recent visit to China.
The Committee is required by Rule 9.7.9(b) of the Standing Orders to consider and report to the Parliament on new or substantially altered delegated powers after Stage 2.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
In question 2, the Committee asked whether section 2a of new Form A3 could be clearer, as regards the tick box and text alongside it:
New Form A3This differs from the equivalent part of new burial form BF3, which has the same text but in its own line, without the brackets, and...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
She confirmed that the Scottish Government was currently engaged in live procurement of a new service and stated that she “regret[s] hugely any alarm that was caused by the communication of that new procurement round, and the fears that that gave rise to.”
The 2025 Regulations also bring some new areas into the scope of SEPA authorisations and make some changes to the overarching framework that was set out in the 2018 Regulations.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2024
Based on the evidence we received, the Committee concludes that creating a series of individual new SPCB supported bodies can no longer be the default response of Government and Parliament to perceived failures in public service delivery, or to calls for new ‘champions’ to promote a specific cause.
MSPs elected on 6 May 2021
Of the 129 MSPs elected on 6 May 2021 86 were returning MSPs, who were serving at the end of Parliamentary Session 5, and 43 were either new MSPs or were returning to the Parliament following a break in service.
The long-term answer she said, is to create new housing for young people of all sorts, ensuring it is varied and that there is provision within for new arrivals – the new Scots but we “must not and cannot have new Scots new towns.