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SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 January 2026
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2024 to June 2025 - Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
Provisions include:
regulation-making powers to allow new social security benefits to be introduced in future, including a ‘Care Leaver Payment,’ and to allow for late applications for benefits
changes to processes for challenging decisions, including allowing for late requests and allowing Social Security Scotland to offer a better award to a claimant who has lodged an appeal which would then cause the appeal to ‘lapse’
introducing a right to challenge a decision about liability for overpayment
changing liability for overpayments in situations where someone has an appointee - appointees who act in bad faith would be liable for overpayments caused by them; the individual benefit recipient would be liable for an overpayment that resulted from their appointee acting in good faith
individuals will be required to provide information to Social Security Scotland in order to estimate the level of error and fraud in the devolved social security system
a system of compensation recovery is introduced, which mirrors the system in place for DWP benefits; it applies when a person who gets...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
18 November 2025
Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill - The Scottish Government's Expert Reference Group
It recommended that this legislation should:
apply only to those digital assets which have an independent existence and are rivalrous
clarify that such digital assets are recognised as moveable property in Scots law
set out how such digital assets could be owned and transferred by establishing and transferring control of the asset
establish that someone who acquires such a digital asset in good faith and for "onerous consideration" would get...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 October 2025
Report on pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: responding to long-term fiscal pressures - Public sector pay
This, she argued, has “a big value”, adding “we have tried to land somewhere reasonable that gives some certainty, buys us some peace and gets us moving into reform territory”.6Scottish Parliament, Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2025, September 30).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill - Topics for statutory targets
Professor Rob Brooker said "It is important to stress how critical it is that we continue to monitor and report on common species, which often do not get the attention because they are not rare".
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Proposed Good Food Nation Plan: Scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Timescales for implementation
Official Report, 2 September 2025, Col 5 He went on to highlight the importance of taking the time to get it right:
"Fundamentally, the challenge is not about whether we can integrate; it is about ensuring that we have the opportunity to integrate to the best of the legislative vision...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - A whole-family approach
It is a hugely important part of the recovery process that there is support not just for the individual who is going through rehabilitation and trying to get their life back on track, but for their family.
News
Published:
17 September 2025
MSPs voice alarm at legal aid availability
Fee reforms, reducing administrative burdens, and widening eligibility are all vital steps to ensure civil legal assistance is fit for purpose and that people across Scotland can get the justice they deserve.".
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SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 September 2025
Hate Crime and Misogyny - Experience of misogyny
One man tweeted that they would love to watch me getting my teeth kicked in, many others said I was too unattractive for my experiences to be true, they didn't believe it had happened.
News
Published:
26 June 2025
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee launches call for views on mental health budget
That’s why we are scrutinising the funding for these services and ensuring any money spent is going to the right places to help people get the support they need.”
“Through this call for views, we want to hear from individuals, professionals and organisations about what’s working, what’s not, and where investment should be focus...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 June 2025
Report on the Scottish Budget process in practice - Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan (FSDP)
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More broadly, the SFC said “it is really good that the Government is setting out the plan, because the Committee has pushed very hard to get the Government to talk much more about fiscal sustainability”.2Scottish Parliament, Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2025, April 1).
