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Committee reports
Date published:
8 June 2018
Equalities and Human Rights Committee Annual Report 2017-18 - Brexit
Throughout 2017/18 we have corresponded with the Scottish Government, and other parliamentary committees, on the implications of Brexit for equalities and human rights in Scotland.iEHRiC ongoing scrutiny of Brexit: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/103934.aspx
On 27 February 2018 Michael Russell MSP, the Minister for UK ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 January 2018
Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government apology
Scottish Government apology
On 7 November 2017, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, issued an apology after describing the introduction of the Bill as a milestone for LGBTIiLesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex. equality in Scotland:
…today, as First Minister, I categorically, unequivocally and whole-heartedly apologise for those laws and for the...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2018
Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2
The Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 15 June 2017. The Bill completed Stage 2 on 21 December 2017.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 November 2017
Islands (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Overview of the Bill
Overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing MSP, on 9 June 2017.
The Bill’s purposes are to make provision for a national islands plan, to impose a duty on certain public authorities to have regard to island communities, to make provision about the electoral representati...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 August 2017
Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Uprating carer's allowance supplement and carer's assistance
In response to a question (PQ S5W-02672) about whether the increased CA would maintain or deviate from the system of uprating JSA, the Minister for Social Security, Jeane Freeman MSP, said that:
In line with our response on uprating benefits set out in the answer to S5O-00060 on 16 June 2016, we are taking the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a starting point ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 August 2017
Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to stage 3 - Introduction
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/Child%20Poverty%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill06PMS052017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/Child%20Poverty%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill06PMS052017.pdf</a> [accessed 27 February 2017] was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 9 February 2017 by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 July 2017
It is not Cool to be Cruel: Prejudice-based bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools - Conclusions and recommendations
We ask the Scottish Government to bring forward legislation which incorporates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law.iiJeremy Balfour MSP dissents from the last sentence of paragraph 65.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 May 2017
Hidden Lives - New Beginnings: Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland - Conclusion and recommendations
The Scottish Government should seek to establish the rationale behind the decision not to allow initial claims and fresh claims to be lodged routinely Scotland.iJeremy Balfour MSP dissents from the recommendation in Paragraph 41.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 May 2017
Subordinate Legislation
The Regulations are subject to the negative procedure (Rule 10.4).
Mark Ruskell MSP had, by motion S5M-05579, proposed that the Committee recommend the Regulations be annulled.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Overview of scrutiny and purpose of the Bill
The Non-Government Bills Unit (NGBU) also produced an Equality Impact Assessment6Letter from Daniel Johnson MSP, Member in Charge of the Bill, 8 September 2025.
