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We plan to publish a discussion paper setting out our approach to the Bill before the 2025 summer recess. The discussion paper will seek to consolidate the outputs of Bill development to date and will support engagement with stakeholders and partners to further test, refine and strengthen proposals in advance of prop...
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Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2026
On 24 July the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy told the Committee, that if Parliament approve the Regulations prior to October recess, it would be the Scottish Government’s aim to lay the draft plan around late October / beginning of November.
Scottish Ministers must consult on the code in preparing it, explicitly including local authorities and SEPA, and must lay a draft code in the Scottish Parliament for a minimum period of 40 days before its completion (with no account to be taken of time when Parliament is dissolved or in recess for more than 4 days).
There is an existing Household Recycling...
Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than 4 days. The instrument breaches this requirement as it was laid on 17 January 2023 and came into force on 24 January 2023.
As a result, it is in breach of section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, which requires that instruments subject to the negative procedure are laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than 4 days.
The Scottish Government has written to the Presiding Officer to explain why t...
After an initial hiatus, Chamber meetings began again after the Easter recess and since April 2020, the Chamber and committees of the Parliament have met in a mix of virtual, hybrid and socially-distanced formats to ensure that parliamentary business continues.