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Committee reports
Date published:
6 January 2026
Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the second quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2025-26 - Commitments
There is one point outstanding, being a missing year in the date referred to in regulation 17(1)(b).
the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/245) (also in the Committee report of 23 September 2025; in relation to this instrument, the Scottish Government undertook to correct an error at the...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2025
Report on Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] - About the instrument
The intended reforms to the EPC system brought about by the Regulations include:
a new EPC rating system for domestic buildings, which will give clearer information on the fabric energy efficiency of a property, the emissions, efficiency and running costs of its heating system, and the cost of energy to run the home to standardised conditions;
a new EPC rating system for non-domestic buildings;
a redesigned EPC certificate, based on a first phase of user testing, and to be followed by a second phase prior to regulations coming into force;
reduction of the validity period of EPCs from 10 to five years to ensure consumers have more up-to-date...
Cross-Party Groups
Last updated:
25 November 2025
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
This Cross-party group's purpose:
To be a forum for like-minded people who believe that the legislation surrounding prostitution and sex trafficking is out of date and in need of urgent reform..
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Committees
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7 November 2025
Committees
Explore the opportunities and closing dates for submitting your views on a committee inquiry.
Last updated:
5 November 2025
Conveners Group
The date for the next meeting of the Conveners Group will be published here when available.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 November 2025
Stage 1 report on the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - Consideration by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Section 22: power to make regulations, to be laid only and subject to no procedure, to modify any provision in Part 1 of the Bill to replace a reference to the day on which a provision comes into force with a reference to the actual date on which it came into force.
Section 29(1): power to make ancillary provision to ensure that the policy intention of the ...
Bills and laws
Date lodged:
12 June 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools 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:
14 May 2025
The right to know: freedom of information in Scotland - Response to the consultation
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/proposed-members-bills/final-version--foi-consultation-summary.pdf [accessed 24 February 2025] Katy Clark MSP, in the commentary on the summary of consultation responses, states:
The consultation process has shed light on many important issues:
The need for legislative reform given the failure to address operational problems and legislative inadequacies
The extent of migration of publicly funded services from publicly owned bodies
The delay in designating bodies under FOISA
The administrative burden on the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner created by designating many more bodies under FOISA at the one time
The need to extend FOISA in a manageable and proportionate way, with appropriate training, guidance and advice provided to each sector (and, importantly, service-users and the wider public) in advance of commencement date...
Committee reports
Date published:
7 May 2025
Subordinate Legislation: The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Group Relief and Sub-sale Development Relief Modifications) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft] - Consideration by the Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Minister further added that the Schedule 10A amendment “provides clarity for relevant stakeholders, making it clear that the relevant period commences from the effective date of the sub-sale transaction”.
The Minister also told the Committee that the Scottish Fiscal Commission has considered the amendments in this Order in its December 2024 forecast and...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 April 2025
The UK Employment Rights Bill - Zero-hours and low-hours contracts
Retrieved from https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10174/ SPICe's colleagues at the House of Commons Library have published a briefing entitled Zero-hours Contracts (dated 4 October 2024).3 Brione, P., Cunningham, S., Zaidi, K., & Hobson, F. (2024, October 4).
