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Official Report
Meeting date:
8 March 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 08 March 2023
That concludes portfolio questions on Covid-19 recovery and parliamentary business. We will move on to the next portfolio.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons - Annexe A: Summary of relevant legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament
Annexe A: Summary of relevant legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament
ActSectionPurposeIn forceFriday releasesPrisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993Section 26CRelease timed to benefit re-integrationThe release of a prisoner may be brought forward if “it would be better for the prisoner's re-integration into the community for the prisoner to be released on the earlier day than on the day on which the prisoner would otherwise fall to be released”.YesBail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023Section 8Prisoners not to be released on certain days of the weekPrevents the release of prisoners on Fridays and the day before public holidays (release on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays was already prevented).NoBailBail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023Section 2Determination of good reason for refusing bailReframes the test which the court must apply when considering whether to grant bail, narrowing the court’s discretion to refuse bail.Yes (from 14/05/25)Section 3Removal of restriction on bail in certain solemn casesThe general bail test (as amended by Section 2) will apply to these solemn cases (where a person is accused of a violent, sexual, domestic or drug trafficking offence and has a previous conviction on indictment for an offence of that kind).Yes (from 14/05/25)ThroughcareBail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023Section 12Duty to engage in pre-release planningThe local authority, health board, Police Scotland, Skills Development Scotland, Social Security Scotland and integration joint board must engage in the development, management and delivery of a release plan if requested by Scottish Ministers (SPS).NoSection 13Throughcare supportScottish Ministers must publish throughcare standards no later than two years after this section comes into force.NoThe following SPS strategies will be relevant:
Mental Health Strategy 2024-2034
Alcohol and Drug Recovery Strategy 2024-2034
Family and Parenting Strategy 2024-2029
Following the Committee evidence session on 4 June 2025, the Scottish Recovery Consortium submitted significant additional written evidence.
Last updated:
25 October 2019
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T his document relates to the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland)Bill (SP Bill 34) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 12 June 2018 Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill —————————— Policy Memorandum Introduction 1.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 February 2021
Local Government and Communities Committee 17 February 2021
The Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill, which Parliament is about to consider at stage 3, will not work for everybody.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 June 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill - Need for reform of tacit relocation and options for reform
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Despite the general support outlined above, the Law Society of Scotland questioned whether the reform proposed through the current Bill “will provide the clarity and certainty required”ivWritten evidence.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Harm caused by prostitution
The written submission from Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer (the Swedish Women's Lobby) stated—
The Swedish Women’s Lobby fully supports the Bill as proposed… Creating a new offence of paying for the performance of sexual acts would mean that Scotland would join several other countries that are clearly at the forefront of women's rights and take a big step towards gender equality.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 January 2025
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 14 January 2025
A bill is one of the critical routes that the Parliament could consider to improve human rights realisation in Scotland, undoubtedly.
Last updated:
24 January 2024
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Portfolio Questions: Questions on Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, and then on NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, were answered by a Cabinet Secretary and Ministers. 2.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 February 2021
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 02 February 2021
As such, the bill’s passage will not, in itself, affect the amount that is paid to parties.
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 April 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 18 April 2023
For Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Con) Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con) Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) Cameron, Donald (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Dowey, Sharon (South Scotland) (Con) Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Gallacher, Meghan (Central Scotland) (Con) Golden, Maurice (North East Scotland) (Con) Gosal, Pam (West Scotland) (Con) Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) Gulhane, Sandesh (Glasgow) (Con) Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Hoy, Craig (South Scotland) (Con) Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con) Kerr, Stephen (Central Scotland) (Con) Lumsden, Douglas (North East Scotland) (Con) Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Mundell, Oliver (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Con) Smith, Liz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Stewart, Alexander (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Webber, Sue (Lothian) (Con) Wells, Annie (Glasgow) (Con) Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con) Against Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab) Boyack, Sarah (Lothian) (Lab) Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) Brown, Siobhian (Ayr) (SNP) Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Callaghan, Stephanie (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP) Chapman, Maggie (North East Scotland) (Green) Choudhury, Foysol (Lothian) (Lab) Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP) Dey, Graeme (Angus South) (SNP) Don, Natalie (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP) Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP) Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) Dunbar, Jackie (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Glasgow) (Lab) Ewing, Annabelle (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP) Fairlie, Jim (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP) FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP) Forbes, Kate (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP) Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP) Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) Gray, Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP) Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green) Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab) Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP) Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green) Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen) (SNP) Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lennon, Monica (Central Scotland) (Lab) Leonard, Richard (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) Mackay, Gillian (Central Scotland) (Green) Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (SNP) Maguire, Ruth (Cunninghame South) (SNP) Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP) McAllan, Màiri (Clydesdale) (SNP) McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Provan) (SNP) McKelvie, Christina (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) McLennan, Paul (East Lothian) (SNP) McNair, Marie (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow) (Lab) Minto, Jenni (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) Mochan, Carol (South Scotland) (Lab) Nicoll, Audrey (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP) O’Kane, Paul (West Scotland) (Lab) Regan, Ash (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) Robertson, Angus (Edinburgh Central) (SNP) Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP) Roddick, Emma (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) Slater, Lorna (Lothian) (Green) Smyth, Colin (South Scotland) (Lab) Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP) Stewart, Kaukab (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) Sturgeon, Nicola (Glasgow Southside) (SNP) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP) Thomson, Michelle (Falkirk East) (SNP) Todd, Maree (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP) Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) Tweed, Evelyn (Stirling) (SNP) Whitfield, Martin (South Scotland) (Lab) Whitham, Elena (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP) Yousaf, Humza (Glasgow Pollok) (SNP) Abstentions Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh Western) (LD) Rennie, Willie (North East Fife) (LD) Wishart, Beatrice (Shetland Islands) (LD) The result of the division on amendment S6M-08589.1, in the name of Miles Briggs, is: For 26, Against 84, Abstentions 3.
