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Following the introduction of the Bill, the Committee held a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders on 26 March 2025 and an evidence session with the Minister for Victims and Community Safety on 23 April 2025.
As part of its inquiry, the Committee met with members of Scottish Women's Aid's Survivor Reference Group (SRG) on 26 March 2025. This meeting was an opportunity for Members of the Committee to discuss the call for views on the inquiry with the SRG, and to consider the specific questions participants thought were most significant.
The Committee's work in this area has included written correspondence and taking formal evidence from key stakeholders, including an evidence session with FMPG on 26 November 2024 and with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) on 7 January 2025.
The DPLR Committee considered the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 [draft] on 26 November 2024 and reported on it in its 70th Report, 2024.
Reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use
On 26 September 2023, 2 November 2023, and 1 May 2024, Members of the Criminal Justice, Health, Social Care and Sport, and Social Justice and Social Security committees held joint evidence sessions to consider the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the Scottish Drug D...
Instrument Overview
The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 26 January 2022.
The purpose of the order is to amend the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014, (‘the 2014 Order’), in light of increases to the Nat...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2021
The Committee published its Stage 1 Report on the Bill on 25 September 2020Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, 57th Report 2020 (Session 5): Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1; it reported it was content with the delegated powers provisions contained in the Bill.
The Bill completed Stage 2 on 26 January 2021.
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work responded on 26 August 2019.
The Committee considered amendments to the Bill at Stage 2 on 19 November 2019.
The law in question has been criticised for not providing clear guidance on what factors are relevant for making a claim.1Scottish Government. (2015, June 26). Consultation on the Law of Succession, para 4.5.