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Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Draft Climate Change Plan - Waste
Some headline policies:
The forthcoming ban on biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill;
maximising landfill gas capture opportunities;
actions to cut household and business food waste;
delivering the Deposit Return Scheme and extended producer responsibility reforms;
a new statutory Code of Practice and statutory local recycling and reuse performanc...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 January 2026
Report on Subordinate Legislation: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relief) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft] - Consideration of the Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Minister told the Committee that “the criteria in the code of conduct [which is currently being developed] will be used to assess whether businesses will be eligible for the benefits or not, as is the case with green ports”.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
Crime and Policing Bill Legislative Consent Memorandums, delegated powers consideration - Introduction
At the meeting on 2 September, the Committee agreed that it was content with the following delegated powers in the Bill:
Clause 58: Power to amend the definition of “relevant offence” in relation to the new offence of controlling another person’s home for criminal purposes
Clause 88: new section 85ZA of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to amend the period of home address absence before a sex offender is required to notify the police
Clause 89 : New section 86B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 - power to specify other information to be included in a notification (section 86B(2))
Clause 89: New section 86B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to specify circumstances in which further notification is not required (section 86B(4))
Clause 90: power to provide for police stations at which notifications may be given
Clause 91: New section 87A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to specify conditions before a relevant offender can notify the police virtually (section 87A(1)(b) and (9))
Clause 91: New section 87A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to direct the form of written acknowledgement that police give for virtual notifications (section 87A(10))
Clause 94: New section 93B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to amend list of identity documents (section 93B(6)(d))
Clause 94: New section 93C of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to specify information or documents to be contained in an application (section 93C(2)(c))
Clause 94: New section 93C of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 – power to prescribe further conditions to be satisfied before the police will authorise a name change (section 93C(6)(b))
Clause 134(1): Power to issue a code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 May 2025
The right to know: freedom of information in Scotland - Interventions and enforcement notices
The Scottish Information Commissioner can also issue a "practice recommendation" if a public authority appears not to be conforming to the good practice described by the Scottish Ministers' Codes of Practice under sections 60 and 61 of FOISA.5Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act. (2002).
Last updated:
13 November 2024
Smoke-free policy
If you are not a member of SPCB staff, then any incidents will be reported to the relevant office/employer. Members will be aware that the Code of Conduct for members makes reference to the SPCB smoke free policy.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2024
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Third sector funding principles - Transparency of grant-funding processes
Official Report, 12 Sept 2024, Cols 36-37
Volunteer Scotland considered Scotland could learn lessons about formalising principles, such as fair funding, from Wales as it is currently consulting on a code of practice for funding the third sector.iThe Social Justice and Social Security Committee.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 March 2024
The Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Consideration ahead of Stage 3 - Summary and background
The Bill:
Makes it an offence to use or buy a glue trap that could be used to catch an animal other than an invertebrate
Introduces a licensing scheme for the use of specific traps to catch wild birds and animals, which will require practitioners to complete an approved training course
Introduces a licensing scheme for killing red grouse ('section 16AA licences'), which will require the landowner to have a licence to allow the killing and taking of red grouse on their land, and introduces a code...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 November 2023
Key Issues for Session 6 - 2023 Update - Sowing the seeds of a new agricultural policy
It confers a wide range of powers (e.g. to provide support for a number of different purposes), places some duties on Scottish Ministers (e.g. to produce a ‘Rural Support Plan’ and a ‘Code of Practice on Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture’), and enables changes to be made, but does not include the detail of a future agriculture policy for Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2023
Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Different purposes for peatland and non-peatland licences
Different purposes for peatland and non-peatland licences
As set out earlier in this report, there is no statutory prohibition on making muirburn on peatland but the current muirburn code sets out that “burning should not take place on peatland, except as part of a habitat restoration plan, approved by NatureScot”.
News
Published:
26 September 2023
Holyrood Committee seek views on Bill which would reform police misconduct investigations and aims to increase confidence in policing in Scotland
The Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill would require the police to have a statutory code of ethics, including a duty of candour, and would make changes relating to the handling of police conduct, including procedures dealing with senior and former officers.
