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Date published:
21 December 2025
Report on the Cost-effectiveness of Scottish Public Inquiries - Chairs' duty and discretion in managing costs
The Institute for Government argued that this approach ensures accountability and efficiency, however, as explained by Rebecca McKee, “When I have been testing that recommendation in the UK context, there has been a lot more pushback, some of which I think is valid.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill - Wellbeing
The Commissioner explained that:
Given the strong accountability mechanisms that are associated with those protections, we do not think that a less clear and less onerous duty to promote wellbeing will be effective.
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Last updated:
18 December 2025
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Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - What is not included in the Bill
These comments were wide-ranging in nature, from how the Scottish Government should be approaching accountability on the Promise more generally, to calls to de-clutter the legislative landscape, tackle workforce issues, improve support for foster carers and kinship carers, extend Continuing Care and expand the use of Family Group Decision Making.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 November 2025
Stage 1 report on the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - The role of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
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Mr Simpson explained that the provision to allow MSPs to make confidential representation to the Committee was to take account of the wide range of reasons for which an MSP may be unable to physically attend: “People have different things going on in their lives at different times, and I think that, if you are unable to come to work physically...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 October 2025
Delegated Powers in the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
Section 6 provides that assistance and support provided under this section must not be made conditional on the person acting as a witness in any criminal proceedings, may only be provided with the agreement of that person, and must be provided in a manner which takes due account of the needs of that person as regards safety and protection from harm.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Report on the Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan - Executive Summary
Proposals for measuring progress
The Committee highlights widespread evidence calling for greater clarity concerning the purpose and role of the proposed Scottish Food Commission, including in relation to monitoring and data, capacity and resourcing, lines of accountability, and how it will collaborate and interact with other bodies and decision-makers to a...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Report on the Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan - Population Health Framework 2025-2035
Consideration of how weight is used as an indicator in the proposed plan needs to be taken into account, to ensure that this does not move focus away from a whole system approach to healthy weight and risk bringing focus back to individuals.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government work
In an evaluation of the policy, Public Health Scotland concluded that the national mission on drug deaths had made a positive impact in providing additional funding, making progress towards strengthening treatment systems, improving accountability and increasing visibility of the needs of individuals affected by drugs.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 August 2025
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill - Section 5 and 6 - Guidance in relation to care experience
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-bill/introduced/spbill74s062025.pdf :
identifying and communicating with people who are or may be care experienced
ensuring the needs of care experienced people are taken into account in the planning and provision ...
