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Indeed, there were comments throughout the interviews about the challenges of making sure that MSPs attended sessions with people with lived experience.
At the Stage 1 debate, which took place on 9 October 2025, the Parliament also did not agree to the general principles of the Bill, with 52 MSPs voting for, and 63 MSPs voting against the motion (0 abstained, 14 did not vote).
Stage 2
The issue of people still being able to access paper documents was also raised during Stage 2, with Sharon Dowey MSP lodging two amendments seeking to further clarify the point.
An amendment proposed by Maurice Golden MSP (amendment 55) was agreed to replace the word "may" with "must" - creating a duty for Scottish Ministers to issue guidance on the operation of these enforcement mechanisms.
Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon MSP Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise Ivan McKee MSP, to the Convener, 28 June 2022.
This Member’s Bill was introduced by Andy Wightman MSP. The Bill proposes to incorporate the European Charter of Local Self-Government into Scots law..
The Parliament has existing mechanisms that are perhaps not being used, such as petitions and MSPs’ postbags. As MSPs, you are the ones who deal with constituents every day.
This will then allow the new upratings to be published and HR Office to discuss with MSPs what changes they wish to make as employers for their staff prior to the implementation of any increases from 1 April 2020.