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Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Harm caused by prostitution
Bronagh Andrew from TARA told us—
…..a clear and strong message needs to be sent out to civic society that paying for sex causes harm to a significant number of women and is a result of the patriarchy and on-going commodification and objectification of women’s bodies.ivCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, Wednesday 8 October 2025, (Col 6)
Ruth Breslin from the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute in the Republic of Ireland also referred to the message which she considered had been sent by legislation in this area in Ireland, stating—
When Ireland developed...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Restraint and seclusion - definitions
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The use of the word ‘elaborate’ could suggest that guidance could develop these statutory definitions. We would question if this is the intention and suggest that the word ‘exemplify’ might be a more appropriate alternative.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2025
Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 6.3.2 Sewage overflows
Greywater will also contain residues of soaps, detergents and other cosmetic products that often contain nutrients that help bacteria develop.4Environment Agency. (2011, May).
Committee reports
Date published:
11 June 2025
Second Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers exercisable within devolved competence in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Review of relevant powers
It noted, however, that as EU law develops, there are conceivable scenarios where the exercise of the powers could potentially cover matters of devolved competence.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2024
Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the first quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2024-25
Commitments from 2023
Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/101) [27thReport, 2023.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2024
Report on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach - Parliamentary scrutiny through committees
She said the Committee “is keen to see” how a new accountability tracker introduced by the Commissioner with the aim of holding Government and other public bodies to account on their commitments develops and “whether it gives us some oversight as a tool to track progress”.4Scottish Parliament. (2024).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2024
UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Barriers to trade in goods and opportunities to improve the UK-EU trading relationship - Regulatory divergence
She explained that “most instances of divergence or potential divergence arise from relatively minor changes in EU law via the development of tertiary legislation and/or updates to secondary legislation via repeal and replacement of EU law alongside change adopted in UK and/or Scots Law to reflect the fact that the UK is no longer a Member State of the EU.”...
Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2023
The Police Negotiating Board for Scotland (Constitution, Arbitration and Qualifying Cases) Regulations 2023 [draft]
In response to the questions from the members, the Cabinet Secretary and Scottish Government official Peter Jamieson advised that many of the practical issues raised by the SPF will be covered by the day to day operating guide for the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland which is currently being developed.
Following the evidence session, the Cabinet Secret...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Stakeholder reactions
In relation to the practical difficulties, some, such as the Scottish Wildlife Trust, noted that peat probing is required in other types of operations such as forestry and windfarm development. They state that:
It is not a valid argument to claim that measuring the depth of peat would be too onerous.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2023
New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 - Future transport ferries governance arrangements
If it has not already done so, we ask the Scottish Government to consider whether any learning can be taken from this approach for the procurement of future vessels in Scotland, as well as from the UK Government's proposal to develop a model for a Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme, intended to "level the playing field for domestic shipbuilders".
