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Last updated: 5 December 2024

Scottish Government Response to Criminal Justice Committee Prebudget Scrutiny Report 4 December 2024

See  www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG      www.gov.scot 7 In addition the 2025-26 Scottish Budget is also helping to improve budget transparency by providing in year budget comparators based on the autumn budget revision numbers for 2024-25 budgets.

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 November 2025

SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill

It also said how such trusts should be run. Chapter 7 related to the use of a ‘protector’ for Scottish trusts.

Committee reports Date published: 3 September 2025

Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM-S6-53b) on the Employment Rights Bill - Introduction

This supplementary LCM recommends consent for amendments tabled to the Employment Rights Bill on 7 July 2025 to clauses 44 to 46, and 49.

Official Report Meeting date: 3 April 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 03 April 2025

In 2022-23, it engaged with 441 pupils across seven schools; thus far, in 2025-26, engagement sits at 1,207 individuals across 34 schools.

Committee reports Date published: 17 March 2026

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum and supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Railways Bill

However, the UK Government does accept that the legislative consent process is engaged in respect of clauses 4, 7-10, 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 29-31, 33-35, 78, 81 and schedule 2 (although it has not confirmed which paragraphs of schedule 2) to the extent that these provisions alter the executive competence of the Sco...

Official Report Meeting date: 29 November 2017

Meeting of the Parliament 29 November 2017

The GP partners at the East Craigs practice here in the capital, which serves almost 8,000 patients, will become the latest in a growing number to hand back their practice to the local health board, having previously closed their list to new patients.

Last updated: 11 November 2022

SPCB 2022 Paper 64

Once the site visit is agreed the Events Officer will inform the Member so they can attend the meeting if they wish.

Last updated: 10 December 2019

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Timeframes for vulnerable witness notices 7 Timeframe for considering vulnerable witness notice (1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows. (2) In section 271A(3A), for “measure, subsection (3)(a) does not apply” substitute 30 “measure— (a) subsection (3)(a) does not apply, and (b) subsection (5) has effect as if the words “not earlier than 7 days and” were omitted”. 8 Vulnerable witness notice: lodging deadline 35 (1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows. (2) In section 271A(13A), for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute— “(a) any time before a date has been fixed for one of the following— (i) a preliminary hearing in the High Court, (ii) a first diet in the sheriff court, or 12 Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill (iii) a hearing at which the evidence is to be given, or (b) if a date has been fixed— (i) for a preliminary hearing in the High Court, no later than 14 clear days before the preliminary hearing, 5 (ii) for a first diet in the sheriff court in the case of proceedings on indictment, no later than 7 clear days before the first diet, or (iii) in a case in which the proceedings are not to take place in the High Court or on indictment in the sheriff court, for a hearing at which the evidence is to be given, no later than 14 clear days before that 10 hearing.”.

Last updated: 27 November 2025

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Tim Eagle: [Withdrawn] (S6O-05222) R 7. Martin Whitfield: To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will commit to structured engagement with MSP staff trade unions on an ongoing basis.