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St Giles’ Cathedral
The High Kirk of St Giles' has been an active site of worship since 1124. A place of royalty, revolution and progress, St Giles' was at centre of the Scottish Reformation as John Knox’s Parish church and is home to the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland's highest chivalric order.
Given the likelihood of potential legislative activity in the next session, the successor Committee may wish to prioritise early, detailed scrutiny of any proposals brought forward.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2026
Question 10It has been suggested that there may be circumstances in which a Group may wish to request permission from the SPPA Committee to suspend its activities for a period of time, potentially up to a year, during a Session without recognition being withdrawn.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 February 2026
The Cabinet Secretary said phase 1 will start on 1 January 2027, applying to facilities authorised by SEPA to carry out waste activities. Local authority household recycling centres will initially be excluded from the scope of the instrument.
We therefore expect the Scottish Government, SPS and the NHS to take steps within existing systems to reduce the risks that lead to people developing new drug dependencies in prison - such as lack of purposeful activity, unmet mental-health needs, and exposure to drug-using cultures.
The Financial Memorandum identified additional costs arising from the following activities—
production of the guidance, and future revised versions of the guidance;
consultation on the guidance, and future revised versions of the guidance;
reviewing practices at school level against the requirements of the guidance, including reviewing any individual plans ...
With regard to other approaches it added:
The challenging demand model can be contrasted with other approaches to prostitution such as 'prohibitionism' which bans all activities related to the selling and purchasing of sex as seen in most US states; 'regulationism' which legalises and regulates purchasing, selling and brothel keeping, as seen in the Netherl...
We advocate for the realisation of rights in general, and we conduct our activities within our current mandate.”5Professor Angela O’Hagan, Scottish Human Rights Commission. (2025, February).