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Given the Scottish Government's payment is due to start in March 2026, the Committee would welcome further detail on how this money will be spent if it is not being used to mitigate the two-child benefit cap.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Introduction
The Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill is a Member's Bill that was introduced by Daniel Johnson MSP on 17 March 2025. The Bill would create a duty on the Scottish Government to produce statutory guidance and duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools.
They also questioned why solicitors are not asking about possible domestic abuse as a matter of course.Key themes from lived experience engagement with members of Scottish Women's Aid Survivor Reference Group: 26 March
The Committee issued a call for views and took evidence at its meetings on 4, 11 and 18 March.
Having concluded evidence taking, the Committee agreed to delay consideration of a report until it had reflected on the implications of the judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v the Scottish Ministers (Respondent).
The Scottish Government has incorporated these into the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy, which sets out an aim to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and a (more stringent) aim to reverse decline by 2045.
In the RAI Committee on 5 March 2025, Members explored with Scottish Government officials to what extent statutory targets would be able to have an impact on me...
The third delivery plan will cover 2026 to 2030 and must be laid in Parliament by March 2026.
The Poverty and Inequality Commission publishes its own reports on the two annual progress reports.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
The Scottish Government advised that it will bring forward an amending instrument to address this issue at the next suitable opportunity, and in any event, well in advance of 31 March 2026, which is the intended cut-off date for making a proposal in relation to an error in an entry in the valuation roll currently in force.