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Published:
19 September 2025
Will reform improve Scotland’s freedom of information system?
“The Committee will listen clearly to these views and take them into account, together with the oral evidence we will gather, to suggest how the Bill might be amended and improved.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 September 2025
The Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill - Introduction
Pupil Involvement in Withdrawal from Religious Observance and Religious and Moral Education - Amendment of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980
The Bill seeks to ensure that pupils' views are taken into account when parents/carers exercise their right to withdraw their child from Religious Observance (RO) and Religious and Moral Education (RME).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
1 September 2025
Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill - Reports on the section 5 power to designate new public authorities
Currently the report is a factual account of whether there has been a consultation and if there have been any designations.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 July 2025
Links between Climate Change and Health in Scotland. - Proposed responses
As well as building design that takes a full range of possible temperatures and user needs into account, planning green space effectively can help protect people from extremes of temperature, as well as improving outdoor spaces and thereby contributing to people’s wellbeing and opportunities for active travel.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 July 2025
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill - Estimated costs of cladding remediation in Scotland
To estimate costs it then uses unit cost information from the rest of the UK, taking into account building height, the percentage of buildings likely to need remedial work, the degree of remedial works required and the subset to be developer led.
News
Published:
9 July 2025
Advice services need greater support to tackle the cost of leaving
This can involve stopping a victim from opening a bank account, controlling how they use their income, preventing them from working or being in education, or building up debt in a victim’s name.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
7 July 2025
Child abduction - Court orders relating to PRRs
The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration, that is, the most important and overriding one.viiChildren (Scotland) Act 1995, section 11(7)(a).
Taking account of the child's age and maturity, the child must be given an opportunity to express their views.
News
Published:
27 June 2025
Will new Bill help the Scottish Government keep The Promise? Committee seeks views
In a move designed to strengthen accountability, the Bill also sets out that, in future, all Integration Joint Boards will have responsibility for children’s services planning, alongside local authorities and health boards.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 May 2025
Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill - Financial implications of the Bill
Requirement to review and update CWB action plans (timeline within 5 years of the most recently published version).
Requirement to take account of any associated guidance produced as part of the legislation.
News
Published:
26 February 2025
Views sought on proposals to recall MSPs
Speaking as the Committee launched its call for views, the Committee Convener Martin Whitfield MSP said:
“According to the support documents accompanying this Bill, it has at its heart the integrity of the democratic process and the aim of improving accountability. Our Committee want to know what effect these proposals would have in practice.
