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SPICe briefings
Date published:
15 March 2026
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Proceedings
Provision of Assisted Dying Services
The Bill as amended at stage 2
The Bill does not set out a specific service model for assisted dying and there has been discussion and debate throughout the Bill's passage around the best way to provide assisted dying services.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2026
Cairngorm funicular railway
The Committee notes that one of the areas that was raised in the 2020 section 23 audit report was the opportunity for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to learn and consider the best way to provide transparency and openness into how future decisions are made in light of the choices available.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 January 2026
Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: consideration in advance of Stage 3
Regulations must require the installation of integral swift nest boxes in line with best practice guidance (meaning British Standards BS42021:2022), except where such installation is not practicable or appropriate.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 September 2025
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill
I welcome the report, which is a valuable contribution to the debate on how the law can best achieve the goal. The report demonstrates the complexity of considering a standalone criminal offence of ecocide, and it will take time to consider the recommendations.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 September 2025
Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3
The Bill's Policy Memorandum (para 68) noted that under current rules a "physical production may be required as it constitutes the best evidence and therefore is usually required to be produced in court".
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2024
Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
In relation to the second rule, the Bill's Policy Memorandum (para 68) notes that under current rules a "physical production may be required as it constitutes the best evidence and therefore is usually required to be produced in court".
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 January 2023
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
The Bill defines this as ensuring individuals who have communication difficulties can receive information and express themselves in ways that best meets their individual needs.
Strategic planning
The PSC would be required to develop a strategic plan that lasts no longer than four years and is publicly available.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
27 June 2022
Fertilisers Common Framework
The SOPB and IMG-EFRAiInter-ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sit above framework-specific governance structures for the following frameworks:
Agricultural support
Animal health and welfare
Air Quality
Plant varieties and seeds
Integrated pollution prevention and control: developing and setting of Best Available Techniques (BAT)
Fert...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
23 June 2022
Fisheries Management and Support Common Framework
The SOPB and IMG-EFRA sit above framework-specific governance structures for the following frameworks:
Agricultural support
Animal health and welfare
Air Quality
Plant varieties and seeds
Integrated pollution prevention and control: developing and setting of Best Available Techniques (BAT)
Fertilisers
Plant health
Organics
Chemicals and pesticides
Fisheries...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 April 2022
Organs, Tissues and Cells (apart from embryos and gametes) framework
The Scottish Government set out its view that, although we are not in the same situation as Northern Ireland, we are pretty keen to remain aligned with EU law where such alignment is appropriate and in Scotland’s best interests.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. (2022, February 1).
