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SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 February 2026
Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Summary
Councils will then have a choice of a percentage rate or a flat rate (but not both in the same scheme);
enable local authorities the flexibility to have different flat rates for different types of property and different areas;
ensure the levy is calculated on the initial sale by accommodation providers to third-party operators (such as Booking.com or tour operators);
ensure levy returns paid by accommodation providers to local authorities are based on date...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 January 2026
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2024 to June 2025 - Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill
The changes will apply retrospectively, meaning they apply to those serving a short-term sentence on the date when the legislation comes into force as well as those sentenced to a short-term sentence following that date.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 June 2025
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 and the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland (Designation of Scheme Administrator) Order 2025 - Introduction
The Regulations would amend the 2020 Regulations so that::
The launch date is moved from October 2025 to October 2027.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 March 2025
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024 - 5.1.1. Bill Summary
Once introduced the Parliament must then agree to treat it as an Emergency BillBills fellType of BillBill TitleNumberGovernment Bills0Members’ BillsDisabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill2Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council BillEmergency Bills0Committee Bills0Private Bills0Total2Bills withdrawnType of BillBill TitleNumberGovernment Bills0Members' Bills0Emergency Bills0Committee Bills0Private Bills0Total0Bills passedType of BillBill TitleNumberGovernment BillsBail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill7Budget (Scotland) BillCharities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) BillChildren (Care and Justice) (Scotland) BillPatient Safety Commissioner for Scotland BillTrusts and Succession (Scotland) BillWildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) BillMembers' Bills0Emergency Bills0Committee Bills0Private Bills0Total7Acts of the Scottish ParliamentReceived Royal Assent (Acts of Scottish Parliament)NumberBail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 4)8Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 3)Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 5)Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 3)Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023 (asp 6)Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 2)United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 1)Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act (asp 4)The average number of days taken to pass Bills (from date...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 March 2025
Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - The offence of double signing a recall petition
The effect of an electoral-restrictions order is to:
prevent an individual from standing for elected office in Scotland for a period of three years from the date of conviction
prevent an individual from holding office as an MSP or local councillor for three years (i.e. the same period of time as a person is prevented from standing for election)
trigger suspension, with immediate effect, and require resignation where a person is an MSP or local councillor at the time of conviction
ban, for a period of 3 years beginning with the date of conviction, a person from voting in Parliament elections and local government elections in Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 February 2025
Inheritance law in Scotland - 2025 update - Executive summary
In 2020, the Government acknowledged that there was no consensus around any key proposal produced to date.4Scottish Government. (2020, May 19).
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Stage 1 Report on Housing (Scotland) Bill: Part 5 (homelessness prevention) and Part 6 (other housing matters - fuel poverty) - Burden of proof
Official Report, 20 June 2024, Col 36
Aff the Streets also speculated that only those with clear documentation pertaining to, for example, a set release date from prison from or a date to leave care will be able to benefit from the switch from two months to six months.iiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committe...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2024
The Housing (Scotland) Bill - Unclaimed tenancy deposits
Scheme administrations try to return deposits but this becomes more difficult when contact information is out of date. 1Scottish Government . (2018). Review of Tenancy Deposit Schemes in Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Electoral reform in Scotland and the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Disinformation from AI-generated content
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Meeting date: Thursday, November 9, 2023. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/SPPAC-09-11-2023?
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 February 2024
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - May 2021 to June 2023 - Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
The primary legislation applies for all dates from 2 April 2020, so effectively superseded the secondary legislation, which applied from 1 April 2021.
