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Official Report
Meeting date:
20 September 2017
Education and Skills Committee 20 September 2017
Services across Scotland are already delivered in line with standards and in accordance with best practice as laid out in guidance.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill - Support for the Bill's provisions
When the Crofting Commission gave evidence to the Committee on 24 September 2025, the chief executive told the Committee he was “very much in favour” of the Bill as it constitutes a ‘tidy-up’ exercise in a number of areas which were “problematic and were probably not best thought out when they were written” or a result of dated legislation so some provision...
Committee reports
Date published:
3 December 2025
Subordinate legislation considered by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 26 November 2025 - Derogation for calving conditionality
The Minister responded that "we looked at a couple of different options, and we looked at front loading, but we came to the conclusion that the derogation was the best way to go, as it was the least threatening approach, particularly for island communities".
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 October 2025
Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill - General function of The Future Generations Commissioner for Scotland
In carrying out the general function, the Commissioner is to do a variety of things including:
produce guidance on the duty
review and update guidance
promote awareness and understanding amongst public bodies of wellbeing and sustainable development
keep under review the law, policy and practice relating to wellbeing and sustainable development with a view to assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of such law, policy and practice in giving effect to wellbeing and sustainable development
promote best...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Acknowledgements
We want to make the point that there is still much work to be done and that collaboration and partnership working with stakeholders from across government, sport and PA practice and academia is the best way to understand the challenges and the successes in moving Scotland towards becoming a more active nation.
(2) this report has not shied away from present...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Challenging existing policy and practice
The following section explores ideas expressed by participants including early intervention, targeted provision, the school estate and how best to balance national and local objectives.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 May 2025
A blueprint for participation - embedding deliberative democracy in the work of the Scottish Parliament - Quality of deliberative events
However delivering events in-house makes it particularly important that we measure ourselves against rigorous standards, based on international best practice, to maintain trust in the process among members and the public.
Committee reports
Date published:
31 January 2025
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 - Conclusion
The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government and Improvement Service provide feedback to all local authorities by default on the content of their annual reports, to improve the consistency of the information provided and to better share best practice across all local authorities.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2024
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Third sector funding principles - Competition for funding
Our current approach is to focus in on fully funding the best quality projects, ensuring their success although this does mean that our success rates have fallen and we’re likely to have a lesser impact by volume in future years.iWritten evidence, Shared Care Scotland
Euan Leitch, Scotland's Regeneration Forum (SURF), referred to the creation of additional ...
Committee reports
Date published:
8 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill - Structure of the Bill
Structure of the Bill
According to the Scottish Government's policy memorandum, the overarching policy objective of the Bill is to provide a "modern, forward looking regulatory framework for Scotland that will best promote competition, innovation and the public and consumer interest in an efficient, effective legal sector."
