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The indicative £25 million increase in the culture portfolio for 2025-26 should be prioritised according to a plan that considers the relationship between funding, strategy and outcomes.
Legislative Consent Memorandum(s) lodged:
Memorandum from the Scottish Government.
Lead committee work
Meeting on 7 October 2025
Meeting on 25 November 2025
Report published on 26 November 2025
Work by other committees
Delegated Powers and Law Reform
Meeting on 28 October 2025
Report published on 30 October 2025...
Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Finance and Public Administration (FPA) Committee held two evidence sessions on the Financial Memorandum of the Bill, taking evidence from the Bill Team on 26 March and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP, on 7 May 2024.
Annexe B: Correspondence
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business 2 February 2024
Written submission from Professor Clark dated 27 March 2024
Letter from the Electoral Management Board dated 28 March 2024
Letter from the Scottish Assessors Association dated 3 April 2024
Written submission from Professor James and Dr Garnett dated 10 April 2024
Letter from the Electoral Commission dated 12 April 2024
Letter from James Adams, Director at the RNIB Scotland dated 26...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2023
Introduction
At its meetings on 15 November 2022 and 7 February 2023, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers that are exercisable within devolved competence in the Energy Bill (“the Bill”).
In addition to formal evidence sessions on 22 and 29 September 2022 and 6 October 2022, the Committee held an informal online focus group on 26 September 2022.
The Committee reported its findings on 31 October 2022 and also wrote to the Scottish Government on 7 February 2023 to draw attention to a number of issues of...
Children (Scotland) Bill
Children (Scotland) BillSP Bill number52Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)25Date introduced2 Sep 19Preliminary discussions in committeeJ 17 Sep 19J 12 Nov 19Lead committee appointedJStage 1 discussions in lead committeeJ 26 Nov 19J 17 Dec 19J 7 Jan 20J 14 Jan 20J 21 Jan 20J 28 Jan 20J 20 Feb 20J 25 Feb 20J 3 Mar 20Stage 1 discussions in other committeesDPLR 12 Nov 19Stage 1 report ref.SP 625SP 721Stage 1 plenary debatePreliminary discussions in committee prior to Stage 2Stage 2 committee discussionsAfter stage 2 discussionsStage 2 report ref.Discussions in committee prior to Stage 3Stage 3 plenary debate/sDate passedLength of Bill as passedLength of passage in calendar daysDate of Royal AssentAct Number
They cause logistical problems, as Beatrice Wishart said, and they have an impact on hospital visits. I, too, would like to know about any progress on unmet demand through the new passenger booking system.