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Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Register of Foster Carers
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The Minister went on to note that "the Scottish child abuse inquiry has heard about the need for more consistent and joined-up protection for children," suggesting that "at present, we have no national mechanism for tracking who has been approved as a foster carer, what their history is and whether their current status is active, suspended or withdrawn," and that "a national register would help to support consistent oversight of foster carers across Scotland and to ensure that fostering services have access to accurate, up-to-date information so that decisions can be made in the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - The Language of Care
The Committee draws the Scottish Government's attention to the concerns raised by CYPCS about the provisions in section 5(2)(a) of the Bill regarding the duty on public authorities to proactively identify care experienced people and seeks its views on how this issue might best be resolved.
The Committee recognises how damaging and stigmatising language in r...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Retention
The SLC stated in its report that:
11.32 Given our decision not to recommend a general statutory restatement of the law of remedies for breach of contract, we have thought it best to leave further clarification of the law of mutuality and retention to the courts and to practitioners.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2025
Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 4.3.2 Economic regulation
Instead, it arises as it is the sensible way to organise the industry and it is in the best interests of customers to do so.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 September 2025
Men's mental health in Scotland - Strengths-based approaches to improving men’s mental health
Although these approaches show promise, further research is needed to fully understand what methods work best for different groups of men. Flexibility in therapeutic approaches is essential.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2025
Report on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into Civil Legal Assistance in Scotland - Mixed model of delivery
The Committee did not explore other models for delivery such as contracting or directly employed solicitors in any detail, but invites the Scottish Government to work with SLAB to ensure all options are taken into account in exploring how best to provide access to justice for all.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2025
Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
The Bill does not affect the wider legal checks and balances applicable to any such placement (which would only ever occur where appropriate and in the best interests of the child), and the Scottish Ministers will retain existing secondary legislation powers to make provision about such placements.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 May 2025
Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee consideration
The Minister responded that, while the Scottish Government's intention was that paper identification would still be used, it would consult further on any regulations to ensure they got them right, before adding:
...it is through the important conversations that we have with trading standards and the regulatory review group representing businesses that we will understand the best way of implementing them if the decision is made to do so.
Last updated:
13 November 2024
Sexual harassment policy
Every person has the right to work in an environment that promotes respect, fairness, equality, and dignity and enables them to make their best contribution. Sexist behaviour and sexual harassment do not belong in the Parliament and we are committed to creating the shared understanding of appropriate behaviours, culture, and accountability mech...
Committee reports
Date published:
1 November 2024
Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme - Governance and reporting
The then Cabinet Secretary (Mairi McAllan) stated she had been “considering the best way to make sure there is strong parliamentary engagement on the next steps” and would update the Committee when there was more certainty on what form this engagement would take.
