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Published:
30 October 2025
Scottish Parliament Committee say a lack of transparency and other data issues make it very difficult to assess the effectiveness of mental health spending in Scotland’s NHS
While acknowledging the current landscape is complicated, even more so as a result of the integration of health and social care, the Committee say the Government must do more to provide detailed analysis of current spending to inform current and future policy.
Clare Haughey MSP, Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, said:
“Our pre-b...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Report on the Climate Change (Local Development Plan) (Repeals) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft]
Consideration by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Motion S6M-18057 was lodged by Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Public Finance, proposing that the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Climate Change (Local Development Plan) (Repeals) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft] be approved.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review - Sharing services
meeting=16319&iob=139417#orscontributions_C2668150
The SPCB told us that:
“The corporate body will always be open to seeking to identify ways to reduce costs while maintaining effectiveness.”5Jackson Carlaw MSP, SPCB. (2025, May 15). Scottish Parliament Official Report.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 May 2025
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Stage 1
During the Stage 1 debate, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP, reiterated her reasons for believing that a new court is needed (col 28):
Victims cannot afford for us to rely on the historical status and structure of the existing court system to deliver changes that we all agree are needed and which the status quo has si...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Oral evidence
meeting=16008, the Committee heard from Jeremy Balfour MSP, the Member-in-charge of the Bill.
News
Published:
11 October 2024
People from across Scotland to come together to consider what needs to be done to tackle drug deaths and drug related harms
“It is vital that the Scottish Parliament is proactive in involving the people of Scotland in its work. This is a unique opportunity for MSPs on our Committees to hear grassroots views which can help in holding the government to account.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 March 2024
Public participation in the Scottish Parliament: Understanding the core principles of deliberative democracy and creating a framework for measuring impact - Summary
Several conclusions are drawn on the essential foundations of a successfully embedded approach to using deliberative democracy:
Political actors (MSPs) must show willingness to engage and show evidence of using recommendations moving forward.
News
Published:
27 November 2023
Current funding model for justice sector is unsustainable and must change, say Holyrood Committee
The Criminal Justice Committee Convener, Audrey Nicoll MSP, said:
“Year on year we are seeing the increasing pressure on services in the justice sector and the difficult decisions organisations are having to make in order to continue to deliver.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 October 2023
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland - Consideration by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
meeting=15387</a>, the Committee heard from:
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Asylum Inquiry Scotland
and then from:
Emma Roddick MSP, Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees and Scottish Government officials, Alison Byrne, Director for Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights (Interim) and Aileen Harding, Policy Manager, Asylum and Refugee Integration...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 June 2023
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill - Background
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/victims-taskforce-papers-december-2020/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/victims-taskforce-papers-december-2020/</a>
Earlier work in this area has included the introduction of a Member's bill in 2010 by the then MSP David Stewart - Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses ...
