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Official Report
Meeting date:
14 January 2009
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 14 Jan 2009
Those issues will have to be addressed if we want to make best use of the potential in the Pentland Firth to develop our tidal energy resources.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 March 2026
Legacy report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, Session 6 - Key recommendations
Financial Memorandums
Closely monitors the extent to which Financial Memorandums follow the requirements and guidance in the Scottish Public Finance Manual and provide, as required, best estimates for the costs and savings associated with new Bills, paying particular attention to framework legislation.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Options for a legal mechanism for triggering any independence referendum - International Law
His submission highlights the Canadian Supreme Court case of 1998 relating to Quebec (discussed further below), which found that—
the international law right to self-determination only generates, at best, a right to [i] external self-determination in situations of former colonies; [ii] where a people is oppressed, as for example under foreign military occup...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 January 2026
ADHD and autism pathways and support - Role of third sector
During an informal engagement session with a peer support group for people with ADHD , one participant "described the best support they have had throughout their journey as having come from interacting with other people with ADHD".4Scottish Parliament. (2025).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 January 2026
Stage 1 report: Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill - Enforcement powers and implementation
Overall, the Committee has heard that there is widespread support for the need for enforcement powers but there were differences of opinion on the best approach to this. Some prioritised strict enforcement for safety, while others warned that overly rigid rules risk harming livelihoods and reducing access without improving outcomes.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Questions still to be answered
The Committee remains unconvinced that a register will provide similar benefits for matching and asks the Scottish Government to set out how the register could improve matching, whilst keeping children and young people as close to their own families and communities as possible (where it is in their best interests to do so).
The Committee draws the Scottish ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
17 December 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: A summary of stage 2 proceedings - Process
The Assisted Dying Training Authority would have been responsible for setting and updating training standards for medical practitioners involved in assisted dying, accrediting providers and practitioners annually, and ensuring ongoing education reflects best practice, ethics, and societal attitudes.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 October 2025
Report on pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: responding to long-term fiscal pressures - Social security spending
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In response to questions about whether social security assistance is the best way to move people out of poverty, the Cabinet Secretary for FLG acknowledged that it is “one aspect of assisting people with poverty; the others are about ensuring well-paid employment and allowing people to take part in education and training”.7Scottish Parliamen...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2025
Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 6.1.1 Rainwater drainage and blue-green infrastructure
Consider how to bring blue-green infrastructure into existing communities by making the best of existing greenspace.
Take opportunities to bring in new blue-green infrastructure and reduce hard surfaces (e.g. rain gardens at the street scale, replacing paved areas with permeable surfaces).8Scottish Government . (2023, November 21).
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Requiring a diagnosis of addiction
Dr Rice from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland agreed with this view, concluding:
My own view is that “substance use disorder” is the best term. Without getting too much into the niceties, DSM-5 is probably going to drop the term “dependence” altogether and talk about substance use disorders that are of mild, moderate or high severity.
