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It would be unhelpful for the bill to cut across good practice or to create an overly rigid system.As we have heard, amendments 24 to 26 seek to address those concerns. I thank Daniel Johnson for lodging those amendments and explaining the intent behind them.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2022
The Scottish Government published its new draft Scottish Biodiversity Strategy on 13 December, outlining 26 priority actions needed to achieve our vision of halting biodiversity loss by 2030 and reversing the trend by 2045.
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 fourth quarter of the parliamentary year in 2025-26, c...
Ministerial statements
03 August 2021 Drug Deaths
30 November 2021 Residential Rehabilitation
14 December 2021 Drugs Services
26 May 2022 Drug Deaths
23 June 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment Standards
08 September 2022 National Mission on Drugs
13 December 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce...
Ministerial statements
03 August 2021 Drug Deaths
30 November 2021 Residential Rehabilitation
14 December 2021 Drugs Services
26 May 2022 Drug Deaths
23 June 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment Standards
08 September 2022 National Mission on Drugs
13 December 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce...
Ministerial statements
03 August 2021 Drug Deaths
30 November 2021 Residential Rehabilitation
14 December 2021 Drugs Services
26 May 2022 Drug Deaths
23 June 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment Standards
08 September 2022 National Mission on Drugs
13 December 2022 Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce...
Consideration by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
At its meeting on 26 February 2026, the SPPA Committee took evidence on the instrument from Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, and Scottish Government officials.
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill number25Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)113Date introduced20 Apr 23Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1 discussions in lead committeeStage 1 discussions in other committeesStage 1 report ref.Stage 1 plenary debatePreliminary discussions in committee prior to Stage 2EHRCJ 26...
Stage 3, a further amending stage followed by a debate and a vote on a motion to pass the final Bill, took place in the Chamber on 26 June 2024. The Bill became an Act on 8 August 2024.
The Committee also held three joint meetings with the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and the Criminal Justice Committee on Tuesday 26 September 2023, Thursday 2 November 2023 and Wednesday 2 May 2024.