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A call for views ran from 31 May 2017 to 12 July 2017 and received 73 written submissions and nine additional written submissions. SPICe produced a summary of the written responses.
Further detail on NDRI within the Draft Budget 2018-19 can be found in the SPICe briefing on taxation in the context of the 2018-19 Draft Budget (published on the same day as this briefing and available on the SPICe digital briefings hub).
A detailed summary of responses to the Committee’s call for views, prepared by SPICe, can be read here.
Read the the questions in the call for views and the published responses
Read the detailed summary of the responses to the call for views
SPICe published a detailed briefing on the Bill which provides further...
Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill. SPICe Briefing SB 25/50.
As a result, many aspects of contract law will still be governed by the common law rather than legislation.
The expectation is that, by the end of Session 6 (May 2026), the Committee will recommend a model that the Parliament can use after the 2026 election.
This report is the result of a SPICe academic fellowship in which Dr Ruth Lightbody, Glasgow Caledonian University, was asked to to respond to one of the recommendations from the Panel to 'Build a strong evidence base for deliberative democracy to determine its effectiveness and develop a framework for measuring impact’' The work has been carried out in partnership with both the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) and the Scottish Parliament's Participation and Communities Team (PACT).
The main themes to arise from the written submissions were included in the SPICe briefing on the Bill.
The Committee took oral evidence on the Bill at its meetings on11, 18, 25 September and 2 October.