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Official Report
Meeting date:
4 November 2025
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 04 November 2025
Specifically, the bill sets out that, to have capacity to request an assisted death, the person must not be “suffering from any mental disorder which might affect the making of the request” and must be “capable of— (i) understanding information and advice about making the request, (ii) making a decision to make the request, (iii) communicating the decision, (iv) understanding the decision, and (v...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 June 2025
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 03 June 2025
That is consistent with the opinion of the Court of Session. In the case of Pairc Crofters Ltd v the Scottish ministers, Lord President Gill noted: “The public interest is a concept that is to be found throughout the statute book.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 October 2024
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 08 October 2024
That is illustrated in the case of McDonald v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 June 2022
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 21 June 2022
As my colleague reminded me earlier, that logic comes from a European Court of Human Rights case—AP, Garçon and Nicot v France—which removed sterilisation as a requirement for legal gender recognition in France.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2011
S4W-04090
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) it procures or (b) any of its agencies procure (i) life jackets, (ii) all-weather garments, (iii) chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (A) safety training programmes or (B) protection products, (iv) water-repellant clothing, (v) contaminated casualty transportation pouches or (vi) contaminated human remai...
Last updated:
9 February 2021
SPCB2021Paper 002
. - Through developing Gaelic digital information resources, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5Kk17qh8g&feature=youtu.be - Through production of a range of Gaelic education resources – 51 are currently available in Gaelic. - Through continuing to offer and deliver Gaelic sessions for schools. 7 Sessions were delivered and the An t-Alltan confe...
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21 February 2020
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Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill [AS PASSED] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enfranchise certain persons in respect of Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; to extend to certain persons the right to vote at, stand for election at, and hold office as elected members following, Scottish parliamentary and local government elections; and for connected purposes. 5 P ART 1 F OREIGN NATIONALS Enfranchisement for Scottish elections 1 Voting by qualifying foreign nationals (1) The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows. 10 (2) In section 2(1) (local government electors), in paragraph (c)— (a) after “or” insert “— (i) except in Scotland,”, (b) after “Union;” insert— “(ii) in Scotland, a qualifying foreign national,”. 15 (3) In section 4(3) (entitlement to be registered as a local government elector), in paragraph (c)— (a) after “or” insert “— (i) except in relation to a local government election in Scotland,”, (b) after “Union;” insert— 20 “(ii) in relation to a local government election in Scotland, a qualifying foreign national,”. (4) In section 7B (notional residence: declarations of local connection)— (a) in subsection (3)(e)— (i) after “elections” insert “other than in Scotland”, and SP Bill 51B 5 (2020) Session 2 Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill Part 1—Foreign nationals (ii) after “Union” insert “or (if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”, and (b) in subsection (7B), after paragraph (ab) (inserted by section 6(2)(c) of this Act) 5 insert— “(ac) a declaration of local connection made by a qualifying foreign national,”. (4A) In section 15(5B) (service declaration), after paragraph (a) insert— “(aa) a service declaration made by a qualifying foreign national,”. 10 (5) In section 16(1) (contents of service declaration), in paragraph (e)— (a) after “or” in the second place it occurs insert “(except where the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Scotland)”, and (b) after “Union” insert “or (if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the 15 registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (6) In section 17(1) (effect of service declaration), in paragraph (c)— (a) after “or” in the second place it occurs insert “(in relation to a declaration made other than for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Scotland)”, and 20 (b) after “Union” insert “or (in relation to a declaration made for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national”. (7) In section 49(5)(b) (effect of registers), after sub-paragraph (iv) insert— “(v...
Last updated:
14 July 2025
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Supported by: Jeremy Balfour*, Annabelle Ewing*, Bill Kidd*, Douglas Ross*, Pam Gosal*, Russell Findlay*, Sandesh Gulhane*, Alexander Stewart*, Stuart McMillan*, Meghan Gallacher*, Miles Briggs*, Tess White*, Craig Hoy*, Annie Wells*, Edward Mountain*, Paul Sweeney*, Kevin Stewart*, Brian Whittle*, Pam Duncan-Glancy* *S6M-18239 Joe FitzPatrick: V&A Dundee Awarded Silver LGBT Charter—That the Parliament congratulates V&A Dundee on achieving the Silver LGBT Charter; recognises the hard work and dedication of young people and staff to achieve this prestigious award from LGBT Youth Scotland, and welcomes the training and the review of policies, practice and resources that aims to ensure that the V&A Dundee is inclusive for all young people, staff, families and the wider community.
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25 June 2025
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Act 2000, 35 (c) a provider of further education, 20 Education (Scotland) Bill Part 2—His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland (d) an institution which— (i) provides education and training wholly or mainly for individuals who are, or are training to be, teachers in schools, and (ii) is a higher education institution (within the meaning of section 35(1) of the 5 Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005), (e) a place where a child or young person is provided with residential accommodation by, or in pursuance of an arrangement with— (i) an education authority, (ii) the managers of a grant-aided school, or 10 (iii) the proprietor of an independent school, 1 for the purposes of the child or young person’s attendance at a school, (f) an education authority. (2) A reference in this Act to a relevant educational establishment includes a reference to the premises of an establishment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d). 15 (3) But— (a) where the subject of an inspection is a higher education institution, it may be inspected under section 30 only in relation to education and training which is provided as mentioned in subsection (1)(d)(i), (b) where the subject of an inspection is a place mentioned in subsection (1)(e), it 20 may be inspected under section 30 only with a view to determining whether the child or young person’s welfare is adequately safeguarded and promoted there, (c) where the subject of an inspection is an education authority, it may be inspected under section 30 only in relation to the functions of the authority which relate to the provision of school education, whether exercised individually or with others. 25 (4) In this Act, “excepted establishment” means— (a) a place where fundable further education is provided by a post-16 education body (within the meaning of section 35(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005), (b) a place mentioned in subsection (1)(d). 30 (5) Any expression used in this section and in the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 has the same meaning in this section as in that Act. (6) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify this section so as to modify the meaning of— (a) “relevant educational establishment”, 35 (b) “excepted establishment”. (7) Before making regulations under subsection (6), the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) the Chief Inspector, (b) the Advisory Council, and (c) such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 21 Education (Scotland) Bill Part 2—His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland 32 The voluntary arrangements function (1) The Chief Inspector may enter into arrangements with any person for the provision to that person of inspections or advice in relation to the provision of education. (2) Where an inspection is carried out or advice is provided by virtue of subsection (1), the 5 Chief Inspector may recover the expenses incurred in respect of providing the advice or carrying out the inspection from the person with whom the arrangements were made. 33 The advisory function (1) The Chief Inspector must, on request, provide the Scottish Ministers with advice regarding any matter to which the Chief Inspector’s functions relate. 10 (2) The Chief Inspector may, at any other time, provide the Scottish Ministers with such 1 advice as the Chief Inspector thinks fit regarding any matter to which the Chief Inspector’s functions relate. 33A Working with others The Chief Inspector must work in collaboration with others, in every case in which it 15 appears to the Chief Inspector appropriate to do so, in respect of any matter to which the Chief Inspector’s functions relate. 34 Duty when exercising functions (1) In the exercise of the Chief Inspector’s functions, the Chief Inspector must— (a) set and uphold high standards in education governance and accountability, 20 (b) have regard to— (zi) the Scottish Ministers’ strategic priorities and objectives in relation to school education as set out in the National Improvement Framework, (i) the statutory roles and responsibilities of any persons or bodies that the Chief Inspector works with in the exercise of the Chief Inspector’s functions, 25 (ii) the need for relevant educational establishments to have adequate arrangements in place to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, (iii) the needs and interests of children, young people and other persons who are receiving or will receive education at a relevant educational establishment, 30 including those with educational support needs and those who are receiving, or wish to receive— (ZA) British Sign Language learner education, (ZB) British Sign Language medium education, (A) Gaelic learner education, 35 (B) Gaelic medium education, or (C) the teaching of British Sign Language or the Gaelic language in the provision of further education by education authorities, (iv) the experience of persons providing teaching or training in a relevant educational establishment, 22 Education (Scotland) Bill Part 2—His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland (v...
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2 June 2025
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Boundaries: adjustment and remapping 14 Commission’s power to adjust boundaries (1) The 1993 Act is modified by subsection (2). (2) After section 39, insert— 10 “Boundaries 1 39A Commission’s power to adjust boundaries (1) This section applies where two or more crofters or owner-occupier crofters of registered crofts agree that the boundaries of their respective crofts should be adjusted. 15 (2) The crofters or owner-occupier crofters may apply jointly to the Commission for a direction that the boundaries be adjusted (a “boundaries adjustment”). (3) An application must include a plan based on the ordnance map (or such other map as the Commission considers appropriate) identifying the requested boundaries of the crofts. 20 (4) The Commission may make a direction if they are satisfied that— (a) in the case of an application involving a crofter, the crofter (or each of them) has obtained the consent of the landlord of the croft to make an application under subsection (2), (b) the period mentioned in section 12(5) of the 2010 Act, in relation to 25 each registered croft, has expired, and (c) the boundaries adjustment does not affect any land deemed to form part of a croft by virtue of section 3(4) or (5). (5) A direction under this section may not alter the total area of the land comprising the crofts affected by the boundaries adjustment. 30 (6) Section 58A, as modified by subsection (7) of this section, applies to the Commission making a direction under subsection (4) as it applies to the Commission making a decision in respect of an application for approval or consent. (7) The following provisions of section 58A do not apply for the purpose of 35 making a determination under this section— (a) subsections (3) to (5B), (b) in subsection (6), the words “When those 28 days have elapsed”, (c) paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (7), (d) paragraph (b) of subsection (12A), and 15 Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill Part 1—Crofting reform Chapter 1—Crofts and crofters (e) subsections (16) and (17). (8) Where the Commission make a direction under subsection (4)— (a) the direction expires at the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the direction is made unless an application for 5 registration of the boundaries adjustment is submitted by virtue of section 5 of the 2010 Act before the expiry of that period, (b) the boundaries adjustment takes effect on the date of registration. 39B Commission’s power to bring land into, or move land outwith, crofting tenure 10 (1) This section applies where a crofter or owner-occupier crofter of a registered 1 croft considers that— (a) the description of the croft in the registration schedule does not correspond with the occupied extent of the croft or the boundary is otherwise inaccurate or undesirable in some respect, and 15 (b) either (or both)— (i) land ought to be added to the extent of the croft, (ii) land ought to be removed from the extent of the croft. (2) The crofter or owner-occupier crofter may apply to the Commission for a direction that the boundary be remapped (“a boundary remapping”). 20 (3) A crofter or owner-occupier making an application under subsection (2) may make the application jointly with one or more other crofters or owner-occupier crofters under that subsection. (4) An application must include a plan based on the ordnance map (or such other map as the Commission considers appropriate) identifying the requested 25 boundary and extent of the croft. (5) The Commission may make a direction if they are satisfied that— (a) the description of the croft in the registration schedule does not correspond with the occupied extent of the croft or the boundary is otherwise inaccurate or undesirable in some respect, 30 (b) in the case of an application involving a crofter, the crofter (or each of them) has obtained the consent of the persons mentioned in subsection (6)(a) and (b) to make an application under subsection (2), (c) in the case of an application involving an owner-occupier crofter, the owner-occupier crofter (or each of them) has obtained the consent of 35 the persons mentioned in subsection (6)(b) to make an application under subsection (2), and (d) the boundary remapping does not affect any land deemed to form part of a croft by virtue of section 3(4) or (5). 16 Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill Part 1—Crofting reform Chapter 1—Crofts and crofters (6) The persons referred to in subsection (5) are each person who has an interest in— (a) the registered croft, which may (as appropriate) include— (i) the owner of the croft, 5 (ii) the landlord of the croft, (b) any land which would be affected by a change to the boundary of the croft, which may (as appropriate) include— (i) the owner of any adjacent croft, (ii) the landlord of any adjacent croft, 10 (iii) the crofter of any adjacent croft, 1 (iv) the owner-occupier crofter of any adjacent croft, (v...
