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Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2026
Legislative Consent Memorandums on the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - Costs of mechanisms under the Bill
House of Commons, 15 October 2025 (Keir Mather MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport) to the effect that the effect of the Bill on ticket prices would be no more than around £1.50 or "half a cup of coffee".iiNZET Committee, Official Report, 28 October 2025, col. 39 The Committee notes that this appears to have originated as an estimate as to the extent to which the revenue certainty mechanism would, taking into account...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Criminal Justice Committee Report on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026/27 - ANNEXE B: Extracts from the Minutes
Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from Chief Constable Jo Farrell, Deputy Chief Constable, Alan Speirs, Professionalism, Strategy and Engagement and Lynn Brown, Head of Finance, Police Scotland; Fiona McQueen, Chair, Alasdair Hay, Vice Chair and Chris Brown, Chief Executive and Accountable Officer, Scottish ...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill - Section 26 – Rectification of the crofting register
Section 26 – Rectification of the crofting register
Currently, the Registers of Scotland can proactively rectify mistakes in the crofting register made by itself but can only rectify mistakes made in the original application (which account for the majority of mistakes) or by the Commission if requested to do so by the original applicant or Commission.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 December 2025
Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2024-25 - Part 9 - Allotments
Proposed Good Food Nation Plan: Scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee (SP Paper 865)
The Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025 (draft) was laid on 27 October.ivThe Good Food Nation (Specified Functions and Descriptions) (Scottish Ministers) Regulations 2025 (Draft) The regulations propose the list of specified functions which, when exercising, the Scottish Government must take into account...
Committee reports
Date published:
18 November 2025
Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: future social security spending in Scotland - Analysis of administrative spending
Analysis of administrative spending
Social Security Scotland has an administrative budget of £321m in 2025-26, of which £238m is staff costs and £20m is accounted for by IT systems.SPICe prepared meeting papers for 11 September 2025, page 2
The FSDP states that milestones are currently being developed to achieve efficiencies through operational delivery im...
Committee reports
Date published:
5 November 2025
Stage 1 report on the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - Rules for campaigning during recall petitions
Unless these matters are addressed, we consider that there is potential for the purpose of recall to be undermined to the detriment of the accountability and transparency that must form part of any democratic event.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
As the Policy Memorandum explains:
“Such flexibility reflects the reality that it is not practicable to define all potential kinds of anti-abortion activity that could be carried out within a zone, and also allows enforcement agencies to account for the nuances of particular situations.”
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill?
The PSC will be required to take into account the expectations that are set out in the charter when considering a healthcare provider's handling of an incident.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2025
Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 6.3.1 Impact on water bodies
RBMP3, published in 2021, reports 48 water bodies at less than good status due to the impact from wastewater (or sewage) discharges. This accounts for 1.3% of total number of downgraded water bodies in Scotland (i.e. water bodies at less than good status).
News
Published:
26 September 2025
MSPs: Sign Language law transformative, but challenges remain
However, challenges remain, including a shortage of qualified interpreters, finite funding and resources for services and a lack of enforceability and accountability around BSL plans.
In its report, the Committee expresses particular concern regarding the experiences of Deaf children and young people who face challenges accessing their native language.
