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Official Report
Meeting date:
12 March 2009
Plenary, 12 Mar 2009
I certainly agree that this Government is much more accountable and transparent than the Labour Government in London.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 October 2009
Plenary, 28 Oct 2009
Indeed, unplanned admissions to hospital accounted for almost one third of the total.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 February 2026
The Budget (Scotland) Act 2025 Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft] – Spring Budget Revision - Finance and Public Administration Committee consideration
Scottish Government officials noted that “because the budget is coming through as a technical adjustment, it will be like an annually managed expenditure budget cover to reflect accounting impairments, rather than a formal write-off, which would potentially have a resource hit, as it would cost the departmental expenditure limit budget”.
Committees
Last updated:
11 February 2026
Climate Change Plan
The Scottish Government must take the views presented to it on the draft Plan into account when producing the final Plan.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee report on Stage 1 of the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Section 2 - Chargeable transactions
This is widely seen as essential to:
avoid double charging;
protect commercial confidentiality;
enable accurate reporting and certainty for accommodation providers on the price on which the levy is to be based where third party transactions are involved;
support compliance; and
reduce the administrative burden on accommodation providers.viWritten submission from: Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, Stirling Council, Best of Scotland Holidays, Holiday and Residential Parks Association, Dalata Hotel Group, Destination Orkney, Glen Nevis Holidays, UKHospitality Scotland, Historic Houses Scotland, Edinburgh Hotels Association, Hostelling Scotland, Scottish Passenger Agents' Association, VisitScotland, Awaze, Orkney Islands Council, Scottish Hostels, Institute of Chartered Accountants...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2026
Draft Climate Change Plan 2026-2040: scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Transport
Witnesses told the Committee that decarbonising transport remains the biggest challenge for local authorities and will require significant investment in public transport including integrated ticketing, as well as infrastructure for electric vehicles.iLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 16 December 2025, Col 28 Transport accounts for 40% of emissions, 68% of that from road use, and given the need for car-use in rural areas it is city regions which must do the "heavy lifting" through that additional investment.iLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 16 December 2025, Col 12
Councillor Macgregor told the Committee that:
"Meeting those targets will take a massive amount of investment, and a massive amount of skill and expertise will be needed in local authorities...
Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2026
Draft Climate Change Plan 2026-2040: scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Resources
This therefore leaves a very short delivery window within each financial year, especially when accounting for the public procurement processes required to appoint contractors to deliver the work.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 January 2026
Intergovernmental activity update Q4 2025 - Common Frameworks
The Cabinet Secretary states that the UK Internal Market Act 2020 “remains an impediment to effective implementation of Common Frameworks, and continues to act as an unjustified and arbitrary constraint on the powers and democratic accountability of the Scottish Parliament. “ Mr Robertson sets out how the Scottish Government intends to treat different types...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Position of the Scottish Government
She also said that—
…the bill does not take sufficient account of the reality that the gateway for involvement in prostitution is increasingly online, or of the fact that there are strong links in many cases with serious and organised crime and human trafficking.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 January 2026
Legislative Consent Memorandums on the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - Conclusions and recommendations
The Committee seeks clarification on what dialogue the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government on whether it will also have a consultative role in helping determine a balanced overall policy on the use of that power, so as to ensure benefits from developing the sector are shared across the UK and that the distinct contributions Scotland can make are taken account of. These include the existence of a skilled workforce with transferable skills, the potential repurposing of Grangemouth and other oil and gas sites being decommissioned or working at reduced capacity, and Scotland’s enormous wind power and green hydrogen potential.
