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Assisted Dying Bill
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is a Member's Bill introduced by Liam McArthur MSP on 27 March 2024. It is at Stage 3. The Lead Committee for the Bill is the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.
Read the letter from the Government outlining its support of the general principles of the Bill
The Committee scrutinised Petition PE1758 which ‘calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to put an end to greyhound racing in Scotland’ from during the period 2022/2024 and published an interim report – to then allow Mar...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2025
Use of the SBSL proceeds
The Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Devolved Tax) (Building Safety) Order 2024 (“the Order in Council”) devolved to the Scottish Parliament the power to establish the SBSL.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
Jonathan Brown
The Minister told the Committee that in the Scottish Government’s consultation in 2024 on the SLC proposals from 2018, respondents indicated continued support for the suggested approach of “a very focused bill”.iiiDelegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.
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In 2024, the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee invited a ‘People’s Panel’ (25 people randomly selected from the breadth of Scotland’s demographic) to discuss with us how they felt the Scottish Government was doing in the development of policy to meet the nation’s net zero ambition...
Retrieved from https://audit.scot/docs/health/2008/nr_080821_palliative_care.pdf [accessed 15 October 2024]
This was broken down as:
£26.2m voluntary sector funding of voluntary sector hospices
£17.3m NHS funding to voluntary sector hospices
£15.5m NHS funding to NHS specialist palliative care services
44% of funding for specialist palliative care came from...
General review of contract law in the SLC's Eighth Programme of Law Reform
The SLC's work is based on programmes of law reform as well as individual references from the Scottish and UK Ministers.1Scottish Law Commission . (2025, March 26). Anual Report 2024. Retrieved from https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/5217/4292/2049/Annual_Report_Scot_Law_Com_No_268...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Order 2018 then came into force in May 2018. In 2024,the minimum price was increased from 50p to 65p per unit of alcohol.