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Committee reports Date published: 25 March 2026

Legacy Report of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Session 6 - National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (Care Reform (Scotland) Bill)

We were told this in our pre-budget scrutiny of the 2026-27 Budget at the end of 2025 where our focus was public service reform.iiiLetter from the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government on the Committee's pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27 - 14 November 2025 It also arose during our discussions on the sustainability of local government finance ahead of the 2025-26...

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 November 2025

SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Some of those who supported the Bill expressed disappointment at the Court ruling.

Committee reports Date published: 23 June 2025

Stage 1 Report on the Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill - Terminology in the Bill

Dr Brown reiterated his view, as expressed in his written evidence, that: We are opposed to the introduction of new terminology into what is already a complex area of law.

Committee reports Date published: 19 June 2025

Report on the Scottish Budget process in practice - Overall lack of strategic approach

The Committee shares this view and in our latest report on the Scottish Budget 2025-26 we stated— “One area where the Committee has repeatedly expressed concerns is the extended delays in publishing key strategic financial documents.

SPICe briefings Date published: 21 November 2019

The Children (Scotland) Bill - Background

Retrieved from <a href="https://www2.gov.scot/resource/doc/334161/0109246.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.scot/resource/doc/334161/0109246.pdf</a> [accessed 26 October 2019] Thirty nine per cent of cases it examined were still active after 18 months.

Committee reports Date published: 4 March 2019

Stage 1 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Fair and Safe

The Bill's Policy Memorandum states— "Some respondents expressed clear opposition to the proposal to remove fair and safe emissions budget from the target-setting criteria and called for the concept of a fair and safe budget to not only be retained, but strengthened through a clear definition also being given."

Last updated: 10 April 2024

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S6M-11613: Katy Clark: Ongoing Dispute at the MoD DES Site in Beith - That the Parliament notes with concern reports that the dispute involving non-craft workers at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Equipment and Support (DES) site in Beith remains unresolved by the MoD; understands that non-craft workers have been denied bonus payments, which were awarded to other staff working on the site; believes that this decision runs the risk of creating a "two-tier" workforce at the site, with reported estimates from the GMB Scotland trade union suggesting that the pay gap between non-craft and craft workers at the site has tripled to £18,000; understands that the Beith site is currently involved in providing munitions to Ukraine for its ongoing war effort, and that non-craft workers play a vital role in transporting sensitive materials around the site and preparing these materials for shipment; notes reports of health and safety concerns at Beith, after near misses with machinery occurred during industrial action, which, it considers, also highlights the importance and skills of non-craft workers; further notes the view that all workers at the MoD DES site in Beith play a vital role that deserves proper and fair pay, and notes the calls for the Scottish Government to engage with the UK Government in support of the workers and to urge the MoD to resolve the dispute.

Last updated: 2 February 2024

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