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It will be more challenging for schools under PPP contracts to get flexibility for new build. I suspect that we will get representations on that from some local authorities.
A community-based or place-based approach to public services gives communities a different role – changing them from being passive recipients of a service, to playing an active part in deciding what the service is, and how it is delivered.
The Committee greatly values its relationship with stakeholders and other Scottish Parliament teams for the support, advice and assistance provided when organising and facilitating its engagement activities.
The Committee held six engagement sessions during the reporting period:
Two external fact-finding visits
Two informal sessions in the Scottish Parliame...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 February 2026
The Scottish Government justified removal of this exemption on the grounds that evidence suggested that any activity close to the seabed can disturb spawning cod.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 February 2026
Greater integration of agriculture and land use policy was considered essential to most stakeholders in incentivising more farmers to carry out peatland and forestry activities on their units. The Cabinet Secretary sought to assure the Committee that efforts were being made to mainstream tree-planting and peatland restoration into future agricultural suppor...
SPICe has also developed two tools that can be used to track legislative consent at the Scottish Parliament, which can be accessed on SPICe's intergovernmental activity hub.
During quarter four of 2025, the Scottish Government lodged six legislative consent memorandums (two of which were supplementary memorandums).
Proactive publication duty: the Committee is not persuaded that proposals to replace the current scheme with a rule that requires public bodies to publish information more broadly and pro-actively would work in practice.
Designation of public bodies: The Committee is unconvinced that the proposal for the Parliament to make bodies subject to FOI rules is...