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Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2021
Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Report - Conclusions and recommendations
Legislating on such a serious and complex issue as domestic abuse is difficult and requires time for detailed consultation to take place, and we note that time for detailed scrutiny on this Bill has been curtailed in part because of the pandemic and because of the volume of other Scottish Government legislation that we have been required to consider at the ...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Aftercare
It was perceived as righting a wrong that had persistently been raised by the care experienced community, including by Jasmin-Kasaya Pilling, who raised the issue in a petition to the Scottish Parliament between 2022 and 2024.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
16 December 2025
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2024-2025 - 4.3.9. Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers14Scottish Government officials49Members of the Scottish Parliament12Scottish Parliament officials2Representatives of public bodies (including local authorities and health boards)37Representatives of private sector5UK Ministers0UK Government official...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Abstinence versus harm reduction
Any other form of treatment could be added at any point—section 1(6) allows Scottish Government ministers to add to that list.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 March 2025
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024 - 4.3.10. Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
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WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers15Scottish Government officials50Members of the Scottish Parliament1Representatives of public bodies43Representatives of local authorities0UK Ministers0UK Government officials0Members of the UK Parliament0Representatives from other legis...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 March 2025
Stage 1 report - Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill - Digital productions
Stuart Munro from the Law Society of Scotland commented that “a huge amount of time is wasted in the process of criminal investigations in complying with outmoded, analogue ways of dealing with documents”.iOfficial Report, Criminal Justice Committee, 22 January 2025, col 26
The proposals on digital productions also attracted support from organisations including the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, the Sheriffs Principal, the City of Edinburgh Council adult justice services, the Sheriffs and Summary Sheriffs Association, and the Society of Solicitor Advocates.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 March 2025
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile 2025 update - Key legislation
The Act protects children's rights in law, giving them access to legal redress if their rights are breached in relation to laws originally made in the Scottish Parliament. The Act came into force on 16 July 2024.3Scottish Government. (2024, July 16).
Last updated:
13 November 2024
Sexual harassment policy
Anonymised data on the numbers of calls to the helpline and informal and formal cases will be reported to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body after the first 6 months of operation and annually thereafter..
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 July 2024
Economic inactivity and ill health in Scotland - General evidence
Unemployment, mortality and the problem of health-related selection: evidence from the Scottish and England & Wales (ONS) longitudinal studies.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Use of agricultural land: diversification
Table 1 below compares the existing and new wording (added wording emphasised in column 2):
Table 1: Proposed changes to Section 40(9) of the 2003 Act1: Current wording of Section 40(9)2: New wording as amended by the BillThe landlord may object to the notice of diversification if (and only if)—(a)the landlord reasonably considers that the intended use of the land for the non-agricultural purpose (including any proposed changes to the land) would—(i)lessen significantly the amenity of the land or the surrounding area;(ii)substantially prejudice the use of the land for agricultural purposes in the future;(iii)be detrimental to the sound management of the estate of which the land consists or forms part; or(iv)cause the landlord to suffer undue hardship;(b)where the notice specifies an intention to use the land for a non-agricultural or business purpose and sets out how these changes are to be financed and managed, the landlord reasonably considers that it fails to demonstrate that the proposed changes are, or, as the case may be, the business (so far as relating to the land) is, viable; or(c)the tenant has failed to provide information reasonably requested by the landlord within the specified timescales.The landlord may object to the notice of diversification if (and only if)—(a)the landlord reasonably considers that the intended use of the land for the non-agricultural purpose (including any proposed changes to the land) would—(i)lessen significantly the amenity of the land or the surrounding area;(ii)substantially prejudice the use of the whole of the land comprised in the lease for the purpose of sustainable and regenerative agriculture in the future;(iii)be substantially detrimental to the sound management of the estate of which the land consists or forms part; or(iv)cause the landlord to suffer undue hardship;(b)where the notice specifies an intention to use the land for a non-agricultural or business purpose and sets out how these changes are to be financed and managed, the landlord reasonably considers that it fails to demonstrate that the proposed changes are, or, as the case may be, the business (so far as relating to the land) is, viable; or(c)the tenant has failed to provide information reasonably requested by the landlord within the specified timescales.If the landlord objects to the notice of diversification or sets conditions for carrying out the diversification (as per Section 40(11) of the 2003 Act), the Bill provides that they must explain why they consider the grounds for objecting or the conditions for carrying out the diversification to be reasonable.
The Bill gives Scottish...
