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18 December 2025
Provision of Services Regulations 2009 under EU exit legislation
., economic tests, pre-registration) • Must allow electronic applications and maintain up-to-date information on GOV.UK • Must notify BEIS of new rules affecting service access or delivery For Businesses: • Must provide clear, accessible information to service recipients, including: o Contact details, their legal status, VAT number, professional affiliations o Pricing, terms and conditions, contact details for sending complaints • Must respond to complaints as quickly as possible and make their best...
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16 December 2025
SPBill50BS062025
SP Bill 50B Session 6 (2025) 2 Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill (2) Education authorities and the managers of grant-aided schools must, in carrying out their duties under section 6A of this Act, have regard to the guidance issued under subsection (1). (3) The Scottish Ministers must issue the guidance required by subsection (1) 5 within 3 months of section 1 of the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Act 2026 coming into force. (4) Guidance issued under subsection (1) must in particular include provision about— (a) the nature and content of residential outdoor education, 10 (b) the standard to which residential outdoor education should be provided, 1 (c) how education authorities and the managers of grant-aided schools should assess whether residential outdoor education is suitable to a pupil’s age, ability, aptitude and any additional support needs, (ca) the steps that education authorities and the managers of grant-aided 15 schools should take to support participation in residential outdoor education by pupils, including, in particular, pupils with additional support needs, (d) the costs that it would be reasonable for education authorities and the managers of grant-aided schools to incur in providing or securing the 20 provision of residential outdoor education, (da) the funding sources available to schools and parents to support the delivery of, and attendance at, residential outdoor education suitable to a pupil’s age, ability, aptitude and any additional support needs, including how self-directed support may be used, 25 (db) the requiring of financial contribution from parents under section 6A(2A), including, in particular, matters which education authorities and the managers of grant-aided schools should take into account when requiring such contribution in order to ensure equality of access to residential outdoor education, 30 (e) the voluntary nature of participation by pupils in residential outdoor education, (f) the year groups of pupils within primary and secondary education to whom the residential outdoor education is to be provided, (g) the manner in which education authorities and the managers of 35 grant-aided schools should engage with any inspections under section 38 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 in relation to their duties under section 6A of this Act, and (i) the delivery of residential outdoor education by means of the Gaelic language to pupils who receive Gaelic medium education. 40 (4A) For the purposes of subsection (4)(da), “self-directed support” is to be construed in accordance with section 4 of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013. (5) The Scottish Ministers may from time to time revise guidance published by them under subsection (1) and must publish the revised guidance. 45 (6) Subsections (2) and (4) apply to any revised guidance published under subsection (5). 3 Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill (7) Before preparing any guidance or revised guidance under this section, the Scottish Ministers must consult the following persons— (a) each education authority, (b) the managers of each grant-aided school, 5 (ba) representatives from recognised trade unions which represent the interests of persons employed in— (i) public schools, (ii) grant-aided schools, (bb) such persons employed in public schools and grant-aided schools who 10 are not represented by a recognised trade union, or such representatives 1 of those persons, as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, (bc) such pupils in respect of whom the duties under section 6A of this Act apply, or such representatives of those pupils, as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, 15 (c) such parents of pupils in respect of whom the duties under section 6A of this Act apply as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, (d) such persons involved in the operation of premises or other facilities used to provide residential outdoor education, or organisations representing such persons, as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, 20 (e) such other voluntary organisations as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, and (f) any other persons that the Scottish Ministers think appropriate. (8) For the purposes of subsection (7)(ba), “trade union” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 25 1992 and “recognised”, in relation to a trade union, is to be construed in accordance with section 178(3) of that Act. 6C Report on provision of residential outdoor education (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the reporting period— 30 (a) prepare a report on the provision of residential outdoor education under section 6A during the reporting period, (b) lay a draft of the report before the Scottish Parliament, (c) publish the report in such manner as they consider appropriate. (2) The report must set out— 35 (a) the extent to which the duties under section 6A were complied with, (b) an assessment of the equality of access to residential outdoor education during the reporting period, including, in particular, the extent to which the residential outdoor education provided was suitable for and accessed by pupils— 40 (i) with additional support needs, (ii) who experience socio-economic disadvantage, 4 Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill (iii) of such other description as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate, (c) an assessment of the impact on and outcomes for pupils who participated in residential outdoor education, 5 (d) an assessment of the impact that complying with the duties under section 6A had on the education workforce of education authorities and grant-aided schools, (e) any further steps the Scottish Ministers propose to take in relation to the provision of residential outdoor education, 10 (f) any other matters the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 1 (3) In this section, “reporting period” means the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Act comes fully into force.”. 2 Education authorities’ arrangements with independent schools (1) The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 is amended as follows. 15 (2) After section 49(2ZA) insert— “(2ZB) Before exercising the power conferred by subsection (2)(b) in respect of a person attending an independent school, an education authority must have regard to the matter mentioned in section 50B.”. (3) After section 50(1ZA) insert— 20 “(1ZB) In deciding whether school education suitable to the age, ability and aptitude of a person is best...
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27 November 2025
Accident Prevention CPG MinutesApril25final
Karen McDonnell asked Alex Petrie how is best to understand issues of drowsiness amongst employees.
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12 November 2025
Chamber_Minutes_20250909
Twenty Years of Scotland's Railway Providing a Strong Platform for the Future: The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona Hyslop) moved S6M-18763— That the Parliament recognises that it is now 20 years since the devolution of executive powers over rail funding, specification and strategy for Scotland's railway; celebrates the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Airdrie-Bathgate route, instigated by the Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition and completed under the Scottish National Party, the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Borders Railway and the first anniversary of the reopening of the Levenmouth route; recognises the many significant achievements over those 20 years, including electrification of over 570 kilometres of track, the opening of 30 new stations, and an increase of a fifth in ScotRail passenger numbers; welcomes the consistent delivery of operational performance and passenger satisfaction under public ownership and control, which are among the best...
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5 November 2025
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to CPPPC
See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot We want all people with Essential Tremor to receive the best possible care and support. NSS advise that a service offering Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor is available in NHS Tayside, to which people who live in oth...
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19 September 2025
SPCB 2022 Paper 06
The summits present unique opportunities, every two years, for ministers, parliamentarians and policy makers to engage and to share ideas, expertise and best practice with a view to inspiring positive change in cultural policy.
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16 July 2025
Letter from Public Audit Committee Sustainable Transport reducing car use 10 July 2025
It provides examples of interventions such as concessionary bus travel and active travel but notes that it is “impossible to understand which interventions will have the most impact on the target or deliver the best value for money.” It explains that the Scottish Government has not even considered how to target funding to have the most impact on car use.
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11 July 2025
Sustainable Transport PAC to NZET 10 July 2025
It provides examples of interventions such as concessionary bus travel and active travel but notes that it is “impossible to understand which interventions will have the most impact on the target or deliver the best value for money.” It explains that the Scottish Government has not even considered how to target funding to have the most impact on car use.
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20 June 2025
SPICe Briefing for petition PE2159
Scotland has an abundance of wind, both on and offshore, tides, and reliable water resources within public control with which to support electrolysis.’ in 2022 included a commitment to: A Hydrogen Action Plan - ‘Ensure hydrogen development is planned where it can be best supported by available water resources: Our Enterprise Agencies have completed the Prod...
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16 June 2025
Skills Policy and Delivery in Scotland Minister for Higher and Further Education 27 May 2025
Scottish Engineering said current reform proposals do not necessarily address industry priorities and could undermine existing best practice. There was particular concern about SAAB, the ambiguity about what will replace it and how the industry voice will be heard.
