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The Committee noted the Presiding Officer's letter at its meeting on 10 March and, other than referring to future work on issues related to the Bill in its legacy report, took no further action on the Bill.
In evidence to the Committee on 10 March, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government confirmed pay increases in 2027-28 will have to be “extremely modest indeed” and that “there is inextricably a link between headcount and pay”4Scottish Parliament, Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2026, March...
As part of the inquiry, the Committee also issued a Call for Views and took oral evidence from:
The petitioner on 20 April 2022
The SAWC on 29 March 2023 (following the publication of its report)
GBGB and Paul Brignal (the operator of Thornton Racetrack) on 26 April 2023
Animal welfare charities on 3 May 2023
A small group of GBGB trainers and breeders (based in Scotland) on 20 March 2024
The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Jim Fairlie MSP and Scottish Government officials on 22 May 2024.
Further consultation by the Scottish Government in March 2025 suggested that the law of retention also needs modernising as a result of case law which followed the publication of the SLC's Report in 2018.
For instance Professor Meg Russell explained that if committees establish a culture of evidence-based working and cross-party working it has a wider impact on how people work together in plenary and are perceived by the public.iStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. (2025, March 20). Official Report. Retrieved from: https://www.parliament....
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Date published:
23 September 2025
The Finance and Public Administration Committee also took evidence from Douglas Ross as the Member in charge of the Bill at its meeting on 11 March 2025. Douglas Ross then sent a follow-up letter to the Committee on 29 April 2025.
Overall, however, it noted that CWB has been ‘widely adopted’.
By March 2025, two-thirds of local authorities in Scotland had either developed or were actively working on a dedicated CWB action plan.
Official Report, Education, Children and Young People Committee, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/ECYP-23-03-2022?
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In their written evidence, Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) stressed that "all areas delivering GME are linguistically significant."3Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta). (2024, March). Response to the Scottish Languages Bill (English - detailed call for views).