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The Committee noted Maurice Golden MSP's view that a statutory offence would act as a deterrent but that all the witnesses who gave evidence to the Committee disagreed with this suggestion.
The Bill: important dates and documents
The Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 30 September 2025 by Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for the Economy and Gaelic.
The DPLR Committee made no recommendations in relation to the document.
On 30 October, Emma Roddick MSP indicated that she intended to lodge a motion seeking the Committee’s agreement to recommend to the Parliament that the Draft statutory guidance on imprints for non-party campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland (S...
Consideration by the Committee and recommendation
At its meeting of 1 October 2025, the Committee took evidence on the LCM and the two supplementary LCMs from Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs ("the Cabinet Secretary") and Alison Morris, Organised Crime Unit, Scottish Government.
The Committee has undertaken scrutiny of the Scottish Housing Regulator and heard calls for an independent appeals mechanism for Scottish Housing Regulator decisions.
Evelyn Tweed MSP lodged an amendment with the aim of introducing a clear and independent right of appeal against decisions made by the Scottish Housing Regulator.
Introduction
The Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Maurice Golden MSP on 17 February 2025 and was referred to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee for consideration at Stage 1 on 25 February 2025.
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Amendments lodged by Russell Findlay MSP, and supported by the Scottish Government, removing provision in the Bill for a pilot of rape and attempted rape trials without a jury were agreed to (deleting sections 65 and 66 of the Bill as introduced).
During her opening speech in the debate, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic, Kate Forbes MSP, placed the Bill within the decades-long grassroots and policy support for Gaelic and Scots.