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Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Our main item of business is agenda item 2, which is our first day of evidence taking for stage 1 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Winter will give way to spring, and it is right that both of Scotland’s Governments continue to work in partnership to ensure that we move in the right direction.
That is why we are—crucially—taking our time to work with survivors to get the right terms of reference, the right scope and the right people to lead the inquiry.
The final question is, that motion S6M-10406, in the name of Mairi Gougeon, on celebrating the resilience of Scotland’s food and drink sector, be agreed to.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Corporate Parenting
Section 3 of the Bill extends the Corporate Parenting duties under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 to anyone under the age of 26 who has, at any point in their life, been looked after by a local authority.
These stakeholders included:
the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
ENABLE Scotland
the Mental Health and Disability Subcommittee of the Law Society of Scotland.
Section 16 – Provision of information to the PIRC
Provision in the Bill
Section 16 provides for the Scottish Ministers to make regulations allowing the PIRC to access Police Scotland's conduct and complaints electronic storage system, or an SPA electronic storage system.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
However, the most common call was for the Charter to be a 'co-production' between the Scottish Government and those that will be receiving the benefits covered by the Bill.
One Parent Families Scotland argued that the charter should—
Be framed not only by officials, but by interaction with grassroots staff who will finally implement it and with people with direct experience of the social security system.1One Parent Families Scotland. (2017).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information regarding moderated exam results was shared with (a) the Education Recovery Group and (b) other stakeholders ahead of the initial release of the results.