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Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2025
Stage 1 report on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill - The Bill
The operator of the school must have regard to any views expressed by the pupil about the request, taking into account the pupil's age and maturity. The operator is not required to comply with this requirement if it is satisfied that the pupil is not capable of forming a view.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: future social security spending in Scotland - Cash payments versus public service provision
It added that spending priorities should have a focus on early-intervention and prevention, to lessen demand for health and social security services later on.Pre-Budget Scrutiny – SPICe prepared Call for Views Summary
However, Age Scotland emphasised that decisions made by local authorities, Integration Joint Board (IJBs) and health and social care partnerships can lack transparency and there is "limited accountability...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2025
Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill - How such digital assets would fit into the categories of property recognised in Scots law
Many items which could be considered to be digital assets but do not meet the Bill's definition - such as rights under smart contracts or relating to social media accounts - may fall into the incorporeal moveable category anyway.
Committees
Last updated:
10 November 2025
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
Courts must take into account any financial benefit arising from the offence when deciding what level of fines to apply.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
The Role of Lived Experience in the Scottish Parliament - Lived experience to improve scrutiny
This in turn, gave committees the evidence needed to effectively hold the Government to account, and to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
Lived experience in the Scottish Parliament: three case studies - Negotiating the specifics
This meant that Scottish Women's Aid wanted to ensure that the process for the inquiry into the Financial Considerations when Leaving an Abusive Relationship was designed and managed in such a way that set realistic expectations, offered the chance to feedback, and clearly demonstrated that the women's' experiences were adequately taken into account.
A seri...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 October 2025
Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
In terms of any potential costs to the Parole Board, the Financial Memorandum (para 68) states:
It is assumed that the Parole Board won't incur additional costs as a result of taking an assessment report into account while considering and disposing of the case of a domestic abuse offender prior to release.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights - Assisted dying and Convention rights
The Court noted, though, that the law in this area should be kept under review, taking into account developments in social attitudes and medical ethics.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill - Introduction
As discussed further below, Part 3:
amends the language used to describe the aims of national parks;
imposes a stronger duty on certain public bodies to take account of national park plans and aims;
gives the Scottish Ministers a power to set up a fixed-penalty notices regime that national parks could use to enforce park byelaws.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill - Financial implications for ESS
Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) said that, "ESS must also be properly and sustainably resourced to carry out regular, meaningful reviews of progress and hold government and public bodies to account". The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) noted that ESS's equivalent body in England "has been able to produce powerful and well-evidenced assessments of gover...
