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Community wealth building guidance 26. The Scottish Ministers will be required to issue guidance to assist CWB partnerships to produce CWB action plans.
These possible costs are likely to take the form of partnership working and liaison, development of new / additional processes and procedures, and implementation of new ways of working and cultural change activity. 52.
(S6O-04396) As the First Minister noted in the chamber last week, we have consulted a wide range of stakeholders on changes to legislation on religious observance and religious and moral education in schools. The public consultation closed on 26 January. We recognise that there is a wide range of views on the topic, and ministers will continue to discuss th...
The Committee's remit (as agreed by the Parliament on 26 June 2024, motion S6M-13795) is:
"To consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, with the exception of matters relating to just transition; and on matters relating to land reform, natural res...
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-equalities-human-rights-and-civil-justice-committee/meetings/2025/equalities-human-rights-and-civil-justice-committee-24-june-2025/minutes, the Committee launched a call for views which ran from 26 June to 12 September 2025.
The Committee, ...
In its response the Scottish Government pledged the provision of £608,559 in 2025/26 to Scottish Women's Aid to deliver the Scottish Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline, alongside other measures across the Committee's recommendations.
Separately, SPICe published a briefing on child abduction in 2025, where a key focus is the situation where a child crosses international borders.1Harvie-Clark, S. (2025). Child Abduction, SB 25-26. Retrieved from https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2025/7/7/876ce584-b6e9-4f19-9a00-e1123f77a2ec
Scottish Languages Bill
SP Bill number39Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)27Date introduced29 Nov 23Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1 discussions in lead committeeECYP 15 May 24ECYP 22 May 24ECYP 19 Jun 24ECYP 26 Jun 24Stage 1 discussions in other committeesStage...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
The Committee agreed its approach to pre-budget scrutiny for the 2026-27 budget on 19 and 26 June 2025 and decided its focus would be on forecasted social security spend in the context of the Scottish Budget as a whole.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Scottish Government position
On potential tax changes, the Cabinet Secretary said the Scottish Government has looked at evidence submitted by stakeholders on this, but made clear it has already diverged from the UK tax system in a way that has generated £1.7bn of additional revenue in 2025-26.The Social Justice and Social Security Committee.