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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration.
SPICe Briefing
Committee Meetings
10 September 2025: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
There is no power in the 2018 Act which would allow for Scottish Ministers to repeal the definition of ?woman? via regulations.
SPICe has advised that it is not aware of a provision under any other Act that would allow for the 2018 Act to be amended.
Scottish Parliament Election Results, 6 May 2021
In addition to the results below, SPICe has produced a detailed 2021 Election Results Briefing
Election resultThe 2021 election result by partyConstituency votes by Party% share may not add to 100% due to roundingPartyVotesShare of valid VotesSeatsChange from 2016Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party592,...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 September 2023
It received 58 written submissions, which were summarised by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). The Committee held a series of evidence sessions between April and June 2023.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration.
SPICe Briefing (184KB, pdf)
Committee Meetings
6 September 2023: The Committee decided to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Further information can be found in the policy memorandum and explanatory notes accompanying the Bill. A detailed SPICe briefing on the Bill can be found here.
Figure 1: overview of house condition standardsSource: SPICe. Note the Tolerable Standard does not apply to temporary structures, including for example, park homesThe remainder of this section of the briefing provides more details on these standards and plans for change.
Impact on poverty under current rules
If the SCP had not been introduced in 2021, then SPICe modelling suggests that child poverty would have been 24%, rather than 23%.