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Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 report on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill - Thresholds for Liability and Mens Rea
At the same time, some organisations questioned whether recklessness alone would be sufficient to secure accountability in practice. FoES and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, for example, highlighted that the EU Environmental Crime Directive provides for a threshold of “serious negligence” in certain cases.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 June 2025
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Employment Rights Bill
A care home, for example, which was totally independent, they could have a negotiation which would take account of sectoral bargaining, and whatever sectoral bargaining might say you should deliver, but your local collective bargaining could in theory go beyond that.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2024
Scottish Languages Bill - Stage 1 Report - Financial Memorandum vs Finance
The Committee notes the Scottish Government position that the Financial Memorandum is not a budget, and that it does not account for the total of what will be spent on the Gaelic and Scots, but rather is an estimate of costings of the specific actions within the Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 July 2024
Scottish Languages Bill - Stage 1 Report - What will an area of linguistic significance look like?
In her evidence to the Committee, the Deputy First Minister stated that the areas of linguistic significance will allow a more joined-up approach to be taken to the work that is required—
At the end of the day, Gaelic thrives in a community, so acknowledging that, in a particular area, multiple agencies and bodies will be responsible and accountable to the ...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Concerns about raptor persecution
It found that annual survival was low, especially among first-year birds, with illegal killing accounting for 27–43% and 75% of mortality in first-year and subadult (1-2 years) harriers respectively.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
10 March 2022
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government consultation 2019
Annex 1 lists the organisational responses in categories.
Those resident in Scotland accounted for 55% of respondents, with 32% resident in the rest of the UK, and the remaining 14% resident in the rest of the world.
Committees
Published:
4 November 2021
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-23 Report
Dave Moxham of the STUC, told us—
“Many of the factors that we want to take into account already exist, such as the Scottish Government’s wellbeing agenda and its commitment to community wealth building and the living wage and so on.
Committees
Last updated:
28 September 2021
Summary of responses to Boundaries Scotland’s proposals
As such, respondents felt that Boundaries Scotland’s recommendations did not take into account the unique geographical situation of Wester Ross as it “will be impossible for 2 councillors to cover our area”.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 March 2021
Post-legislative scrutiny: The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 - Compliance and identification of undue influence
It has also highlighted significant gaps in the knowledge base, notably about public interest in the Lobbying Register and whether and the extent to which the Act has achieved its broader objectives of improving public scrutiny of the work of the Parliament and Government and accountability and trust in the work of both institutions.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 April 2020
Issue 5: EU-UK future relationship negotiations
The UK Government is pressing ahead with negotiations without properly involving the Scottish Government, or taking account of our views.
The Scottish economy cannot afford the double hit of COVID-19 and the growing likelihood of a ‘no deal’, or at best a hard Brexit deal, in less than nine months’ time.
