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Summary
This reporting period covers 27 January to 24iThis was the Committee’s last meeting in the Parliamentary year before going into pre-campaign recess (until 8 April 2026) and thereafter dissolution.
Main amendments not agreed to at stage 3
Amendment 225 sought to remove the provision that requires the use of the approved substance to be recorded on the MCCD as 'other relevant medical information' and replace it with a requirement to include a statement on the death certificate recording that the death resulted from assistance in ending the adult's life, including the use of the approved substance. This amendment was pre...
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Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026 to 2027.
Letter from the Minister for Higher and Further Education, 20 January 2026.
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Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 report - Scottish Government response of 4 December 2024.
Background
The Committee held an evidence session with Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission for pre-budget 2022 - 2023 scrutiny on 3 November 2021
The Scottish Government Budget was published 9 December 2021.
Demand for legal aid
We heard about the challenges caused by changing levels of demand for legal aid. In evidence on pre-budget scrutiny, Colin Lancaster of the Scottish Legal Aid Board commented that over a 10 year period—
“… the amount of business available to be done by firms, particularly those that specialise in criminal work and that might find it ha...
The SFC expects growth of 6.7% in 2021, with economic output reaching its pre-pandemic levels by 2022 Q2, around two years sooner than had been forecasted by the SFC at the start of the year.
The Scottish Parliament agreed on 3 March 2021 to vary Standing Orders so that committees could not meet during the pre-election campaign period (with the exception of the COVID-19 Committee, which may be convened in an emergency).