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This Member’s Bill was introduced by Graham Simpson, MSP on 17 December 2024. The lead committee was the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.
Election uncertainty – both in terms of number of new MSPs and parties and in potential changes to take up of allowances where budget assumptions have been based on historical trends.
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The Committee notes the suggestion that an alternative means for the Member in Charge to achieve her policy aims could ...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
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Sean Taheny, Assistant Clerk, NGBU confirmed that Sarah Boyack MSP had considered the Welsh model but did not choose it as she “did not consider that the Welsh model would translate as well in Scotland”, as “Scotland's public sector is significantly bigger than Wales’s public sector”.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
This option would be particularly effective if it is “linked to a clear framework for achieving sustainable development, such as a reformed national performance framework”.
Sarah Boyack MSP told the Committee that she had considered all of the options in Carnegie UK's paper and opted for establishing a commissioner, as:
I genuinely think that without a comm...
Presiding Officer, the Rt. Hon. Alison Johnstone MSP said:
“This new exhibit is a permanent reminder of the devastating impact the contaminated blood disaster has had on people in Scotland and their families.
Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 36
Introduced on: 1 November 2023
Introduced by: Paul McLennan MSP (Government Bill)
Passed: 14 May 2024
Royal Assent: 21 June 2024
Passage of the Bill
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill (the Bill) was introduced to Parliament on 1 November 2023 by Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan MSP.
In April 2025, the Acting Minister for Climate Action, Alasdair Allan MSP, confirmed that the Scottish Government was continuing to work "across the four nations to put an end to pollution caused by wet wipes containing plastic, with legislation forthcoming".
Overview of the Bill
This is a Member’s Bill which was introduced by Daniel Johnson MSP on 17 March 2025. The lead committee is the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
Retrieved from https://www.foi.scot/sites/default/files/2022-03/BriefingSection17Informationnotheld.pdf [accessed 11 February 2025] The Scottish Information Commissioner states in guidance:
[...] councillors and MSPs are not public authorities in their own right, and do not hold information for the purposes of FOISA.