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Committee reports
Date published:
6 February 2026
Draft Climate Change Plan 2026-2040: scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Retrofitting and skills
The Cabinet Secretary noted there are economies of scale with regard to price, and Gareth Fenney noted that existing Area Based Schemes provide an existing example of local councils leading in this way.iiiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 20 January 2026, Col 9 In a subsequent letter to the Committee the Cabinet Secretary confirmed that in principle there is nothing to prevent a public authority from becoming a bulk buyer assuming they give due consideration to procurement regulations and Best...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 May 2025
Housing Inquiry - Local authorities' role and the wider housing sector
For example, Fife Council reported that the Housing Emergency Action Plan Board have redirected £1m of funding to focus on long term empty properties and has added another Long Term Empty Homes Officer.xiiLetter received from Fife Council, 19 February 2025 Similarly, West Dunbartonshire Council has refreshed its empty homes strategy and has a full time empty homes officer to oversee bringing back around 25 homes back into use on an annual basis.xxxiiLetter received from West Dunbartonshire Council, 14 February 2025
Property allocation
There are additional challenges for local authorities and RSLs in how best...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 May 2025
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 13 May 2025
The Committee considers that when relying on a defined term, best practice is to cite accurately the whole term.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 April 2025
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (draft) - Transition to the Integrated Authorisation Framework
The Scottish Government states in the 2023 consultation that “Experience under the other regimes has also shown that the earliest stages of a permit application (or application for variation of a permit) are the best time for meaningful engagement to explore local environmental knowledge and resolve issues in relation to a proposed development”.xxiiiEnviron...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2025
Exploring Employability Funding Allocation in Scotland - Section 4: Procurement and Commissioning in Employability Services: Processes, Challenges, and the Impact of Funding Delays
(Employability Lead, LA 13_Semi Urban)
Integrated Collaboration:
“We host joint regional events to improve coordination and share best practices.” (Employability Lead, LA 13_Semi Urban)
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Committee reports
Date published:
4 April 2024
Delegated powers in the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2) - Review of relevant additional/revised delegated powers
It gives the example of where the child will only stay in Scotland for a short period of time, and it may therefore not best serve the child’s interests to “convert” their non-Scottish order into a CSO.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 February 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill - Oral evidence
Section of the BillScottish Government proposalSection 5Section 5 allows for the regulatory objectives and professional principles to be amended to update them to reflect regulatory best practice.As set out in the Minister’s correspondence of 29 November 2023 the Scottish Government accepts the recommendation of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee...
Committee reports
Date published:
31 October 2023
Delegated powers in the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 - Review of relevant powers
Committee consideration
This power is discussed at paragraph 73 of the DPM:
The Scottish Ministers believe that the enforcement regime for a local visitor levy scheme is something which is best placed in subordinate legislation in order to enable it to be adaptive to the needs of the schemes and respond quickly to changes in behaviour or practice.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
Embedding Public Participation in the Work of the Parliament - Committee conclusions
Process is also important, not just as a means of generating a representative panel reasonably efficiently, but also to do so in a way that secures the confidence both of those selected and the public more generally.
Established best practice is to do this broadly as follows:
Once the topic has been decided, the key demographic variables are identified.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft]
Given the very clear call from all stakeholders for certainty, I believe it is important to make sure that our response to the Review best reflects the position we are now in.
