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Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee report on Stage 1 of the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Recommendations
However, it is a requirement that the Financial Memorandum contains the best estimates of costs. The Minister said the Financial Memorandum was developed in consultation with stakeholders.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 February 2026
Report on the Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026
meetingId=20025 Committee Members also explored whether the GDP deflator is the best measure to use in relation to capital expenditure and what may happen with cost overruns.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Human rights approach
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/restraint-and-seclusion-in-schools-scotland-bill/policy-memorandum-accessible.pdf [accessed 24 November 2025]
The Policy Memorandum stated that, by placing Scottish Ministers under a duty to issue statutory guidance on the use of restraint and seclusion and requiring that education authorities must have regard to it, the Bill "seeks to ensure that these practices are regulated and used only when absolutely necessary, prioritising the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - Use of seclusion
Following the incorporation of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law in 2024, the Bill must address the legal duty to align with UNCRC articles, including Article 3 (best interests of the child), 19 (protect from all forms of violence), and 37 (cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment).
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill - Section 18 – Use of common grazings for forestry or environmental purposes
The Crofting Commission, when it gave evidence on 24 September 2025, told members that the Bill “will allow us and grazings shareholders to make the best use of the way that things are currently”.
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 - Current practice
The Committee urges the Scottish Government to consider how it can best inform itself on how RO is delivered in schools and the numbers requesting withdrawal
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 - Child's capacity to form a view
Likewise, for a Primary 7 pupil not to mark the end of their primary school career by gathering with their classmates , family and teachers for Leavers Mass would not, in our view, be in their best interests.1Written Submission from the Catholic Headteachers' Association Scotland to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. (2025).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Current Evidence and Issues
I don't know if we have the resources to do it, so each individual area and service is looking at trying to pull this data together and I just don't think it's best use of resources (RP3).
So, it's, where's the evidence?
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 July 2025
The intergovernmental relations 'reset': one year on - The Council of the Nations and Regions
These stated that the Council will meet biannually, and will:
"be a central driving forum [...] to determine actions for tackling some of the biggest and most cross-cutting challenges the country faces, on a structured and sustained basis"
"provide a forum to share best practice, to collaborate on shared issues, and agree how to work together to drive deliv...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 January 2025
Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland - Wider planning issues
The Highland Council said that environmental management plans had been successful in stimulating coordination at local level but that enforcement is challenging because “it would be very difficult to identify enough evidence to take the matter to the enforcement stage”:
I would say that environmental management plans have been successful in stimulating a level of work, co-ordination and co-operation among operators, local fisheries boards, river trusts and so forth, on how best...
