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Committee reports
Date published:
5 November 2025
Stage 1 report on the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - Length of the signing period
Length of the signing period
Section 24 sets out that the signing period will end four weeks after the day designated by the petition officer as the start-date of the petition.
On the provision for a four-week signing period, the Electoral Commission noted that this had been one of its recommendations in relation to the UK Recall Act – the Commission descr...
Committee reports
Date published:
2 October 2025
Strengthening committees' effectiveness - Joint Committee meetings
Joint Committee meetings
Another approach taken by committees to date to deal with cross-cutting issues has been to hold joint committee meetings to discuss a cross-cutting issue across broad perspectives.
Cross-Party Groups
Last updated:
11 September 2025
International Development
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 11th November, 2025, 6pm (AGM)
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CPG Report on Scotlands International Development Funding.
Bills and laws
Date lodged:
5 September 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill
Information about the progress of the Bill, including proposed dates for future meetings, can be found on that web page.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 July 2025
Child abduction - Which court can decide a case
Under the 1986 Act, where a child is unlawfully removed from or retained outside Scotland, the child is deemed to remain habitually resident in Scotland for a period of one year from the date of such removal or retention.iiFamily Law Act 1986, section 41.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 July 2025
The 2023/24 audit of Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Holdings Limited - Role of the senior management team
Role of the senior management team
Significant changes took place to senior management and to the board of FMPG during 2023/24 and to date. These changes are summarised below:
In March 2024, the then Chief Executive’s contract of employment was terminated by the Board.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 April 2025
The UK Employment Rights Bill - Implementation of the legislation
However:
a range of provisions in Part 4 of the Bill, relating to trade unions and industrial relations, would come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which the Act is passed.iEmployment Rights Bill, clauses 58-60, 63-64, 66-72, 77, 79-81, 83-84, 156.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 April 2025
The UK Employment Rights Bill - Statutory sick pay
Retrieved from https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10174/researchers at the House of Commons Library have published a briefing called Statutory Sick Pay (dated 20 August 2024).3Brione, P., Powell, A., & Owen, P. (2024, August 20).
Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2024
Report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Criminal Justice Bill (UK Parliament legislation) - Scrutiny by the Committee
Any further LCMs to be lodged in relation to the Criminal Justice Bill as it makes its way through the UK Parliament, will be considered by the Committee at a later date for a decision on whether to recommend consent.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Electoral reform in Scotland and the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill - Part 4: Rescheduling of elections
The area was consulted on due to concerns following the Covid-19 pandemic that there may be a number of situations in which it might be necessary to change the date of a scheduled election in Scotland.1The Scottish Government. (2023).
