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Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Impact on trafficking and other criminal activity
Impact on trafficking and other criminal activity
The Policy Memorandum states that there is a “correlation between prostitution legislation and rates of human trafficking, with countries with restrictive legislation associated with lower rates of human trafficking”.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons - Final overarching conclusions
A unified system of leadership and accountability is needed - one that embeds recovery principles in every aspect of prison life, from security and healthcare to purposeful activity, family connection and reintegration.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2025
Report on the Cost-effectiveness of Scottish Public Inquiries - Impact of appointing a serving judge
We recommend that the Scottish Government strengthen its guidance to ensure all options: legal chairs, expert chairs, and expert panels are actively considered and aligned to the inquiry’s ‘core’ purpose.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 December 2025
Draft Climate Change Plan - Background Information and Key Issues - Summary
Summary
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that human activities "have unequivocally caused global warming", and that global emissions continue to increase due to "unsustainable energy use, land use and land-use change, lifestyles and patterns of consumption and production across regions, between and within countries, and among individuals...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill - Investigative powers
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UKELA Scotland noted that a general function to promote ‘best practice’ among public bodies as they embed sustainable development and wellbeing into their activities lacks any sanctions. Similarly, that the investigation and reporting powers “do not include any formal sanctioning provisions to the Commissioner.”
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
Purpose and objectives of the Bill
The Scottish Government stated in the Policy Memorandum to the Bill that it was being introduced “to address raptor persecution and ensure that the management of grouse moors and related activities are undertaken in an environmentally sustainable and welfare conscious manner”.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 October 2025
Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 6.1 Climate change and water resilience
There are significant opportunities for Scottish Water to reduce emissions, for example, by using its vast land estate for carbon sequestration (e.g. peatland restoration, tree planting) and developing more sustainable energy sources as a byproduct of its activities (e.g. heat capture from wastewater treatment processes).
Committee reports
Date published:
2 October 2025
Strengthening committees' effectiveness - Remuneration
We have heard that being elected by the whole chamber can bring confidence and visibility to the role and a sense of legitimacy and accountability for a Convener for the activities of their committee. It can also assist in the perception by the public that committees operate independently from the Government and have a distinct identity.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland - Effectiveness of the EHRC at regulating public authorities’ performance against the PSED
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Murray Blackburn Mackenzie also suggested that the EHRC needs to take a much more active role in holding public bodies to account.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Proposed Good Food Nation Plan: Scrutiny by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee - Allotments and community growing
The Plan includes the following aspirations:
“We want the people of Scotland to be active participants in building and maintaining a Good Food Nation.
