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Today, members of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers are taking part in strike action right across Scotland. The cabinet secretary often speaks of a fixed budget.
In the meantime, and alongside the initiatives that have been mentioned, Education Scotland’s national improvement hub contains resources to support professionals.
It questioned Graham Simpson MSP in relation to a power in his Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill on 3 June 2025, and then the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, Jenni Minto MSP, in relation to a power in the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill on 9 December 2025.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Bill provisions
Section 2 of the Bill would provide the Scottish Ministers with the power to make regulations to modify or restate the EIA legislation or the Habitats Regulations (section 2(1)).
They did, however, raise a range of issues relating to the implementation of any changes brought in by the proposed Bill. Key points from the responses relative to the provisions for short-term prisoners in this Bill cover the following themes:
resources
planning
victims
families of prisoners
exclusions and risk mana...
The Minister responded stating that the Bill is "designed to deliver the objectives of the Roberton review to provide a modern regulatory framework…", adding:
"The Bill embeds consumer principles into the regulatory framework and introduces a more flexible approach to complaints while expanding independent oversight ...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 November 2022
The Committee draws this report to the attention of the Secretary of State for Scotland and asks the UK Government to comment on the suggestion by the Scottish Government that its approach to this Bill has not been compliant with the common framework's principles of respect for devolved competence.
The Bill's policy memorandum argues that bail subject to an electronically monitored curfew condition is more restrictive of a person's liberty than bail without such a condition.