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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

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Last updated: 4 December 2024

Non implementation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament Scottish Womens Aid 2 December 2024

Section 18 (Duty to consider child's best interests when allowing access to information) provides that when the court has to decide whether a person should have access to anything in which private information relating to a child is recorded, it must regard the best interests of that child as a primary consideration.
Last updated: 8 February 2024

SPCB 2024 Paper 01 Annex A SCS Draft Strategic Plan

WE WILL DO THIS BY: ◗ Seeking and using intelligence gained from discussions, enquiries, feedback and cases to inform best practice and best value, in terms of our approach to educational and training material. ◗ Creating and taking all opportunities to collaborate with key stakeholders, including councils, public bodies and the Improvement Service, to promote the ethical standards framework and to provide training on best practice and the requirements of the Codes of Conduct. ◗ Making the best use of technology and developing digital content to ensure our training and educational material is as accessible as possible. ◗ Being approachable so that stakeholders and service users feel comfortable in contacting us: • for assistance in resolving any practical issues that arise as a result of any gaps or tensions in the ethical standards framework, or potential ambiguities in how the Codes of Conduct should be interpreted; • to seek advice about the provisions in the Codes of Conduct to avoid any inadvertent breach; and • to understand what is required of councillors and members of public bodies to reduce the possibly of needless and unfounded complaints being made. 7 STRATEGIC PLAN 2024-28 Adjudication We will make clear, evidence-based and well-reasoned decisions on cases referred to us for adjudication to help improve standards and ensure any failure to meet those expected by the Codes of Conduct is dealt with in a fair, consistent and proportionate manner.
Last updated: 27 June 2022

20220627_Arran_Ferry_Action_Group_Submission

It must be as wide-ranging and detailed as possible. It must seek the best expert opinion and international best practice to inform the future direction of a truly modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland that could be the envy of the world.
Last updated: 19 December 2025

Financial Memorandum Non Surgical Bill

The Scottish Government’s best estimate for the financial impacts of the Bill flow from the estimate of the number of new registrations.
Last updated: 9 May 2024

Enable

We also believe it would be beneficial to support small and medium-sized enterprises on the best use of data to inform ED&I strategies, for example through the provision of guidance and training on the most useful types of data to collect and data collection, best practice in engaging with employees to encourage self-...
Last updated: 2 October 2024

NHS Forth Valley AGS to PAC 1 Oct 2024

It is important given the challenging financial environment that investment choices are prioritised to obtain best value including the best outcomes for people in the Forth Valley area.
Official Report Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 31 October 2024

MAPPA is neither a body nor an organisation. The arrangements are probably best thought of as an overarching set of principles and guidance.
Last updated: 21 May 2025

Child Poverty Statistics CPAG in Scotland

Students in this situation often can't usually get council tax reduction either because they're a full-time student (as only some full-time students – for example, lone parents or disabled students are eligible for council tax reduction). miss out on Scottish child payment, Best Start grants and Best Start foods.
Last updated: 9 May 2025

Child Poverty Statistics CPAG in Scotland

Available at: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/progress- report/2024/06/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-progress-report-2023- 24/documents/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-progress-report-2023- 24/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-progress-report-2023- 24/govscot%3Adocument/best-start-bright-futures-tackling-child-poverty-progress- report-2023-24.pdf employability support and housing. • Commitments on early learning and childcare for children under three and a system of school age childcare have not been fully funded, never mind built upon. • Positive action on Fair Work did not go far enough.
Official Report Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 19 January 2023

We might also need to have some slightly more challenging conversations about whether a group has, in effect, fallen into abeyance and whether the best way forward is for it to limp on—I hate that expression—or whether it is better for MSPs to reconsolidate their efforts and consider the best use of their time.

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