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Consideration of a new petition: The Committee will consider the following new petition— PE1913: Fast-track future Adult Disability Payment applications for people undergoing cancer treatment. 4.
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to provide a record of the Committee’s scrutiny of instruments and documents (Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs), UK Statutory Instruments (SIs) subject to joint procedure in the Scottish Parliament and documents subject to Parliamentary control) during the second quarter of the parliamentary year in 2025-26, c...
Consideration by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
As noted earlier in this report, the the original version of the draft instrument was withdrawn on 26 August 2025. This was in order to correct an issue with article 9 (changing the date on which a person becomes a "candidate") which was raised by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform (DPLR) Comm...
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill number44Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)110Date introduced13 Mar 24Preliminary discussions in committeeNZET 26 Mar 24NZET 23 Apr 24Lead committee appointedNZET 20 Mar 24Stage 1 discussions in lead committeeStage 1 discussions in other committeesStage 1 report...
It then agreed to defer formal consideration of the motion to approve the instrument to a future meeting and issue a short call for views.
On 26 September 2024, the Committee opened its call for views for one week.
No points raised
At its meeting on 26 March, the Committee considered the following instruments under its remit and agreed not to draw them to the attention of the Parliament.
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (DPLRC) considered the LCM at its meetings on 26 September and 3 October.
In its report, the DPLRC reiterated its long-standing position that the Scottish Parliament should have the opportunity to effectively scrutinise the exercise of all legislative powers within devo...