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Last updated: 24 January 2023

SPICe Briefing for petition PE1978

Dietary interventions are an attractive means for primary prevention. However, raw milk may contain pathogens such as salmonella or EHEC [a strain of E.coli], and its consumption may therefore imply serious health risks [24].

Last updated: 4 May 2023

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Introduced by: Keith Brown Supported by: Tom Arthur On: 25 May 2022 Bill type: Government Bill © Parliamentary copyright.

Last updated: 5 June 2024

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As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.

Last updated: 28 June 2023

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Annual returns 12 (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 48, insert— “Duty to submit annual return 30 48A Annual returns (1) A charity must prepare for each of its financial years an annual return in such form, and containing such information, as may be required by OSCR. (2) Such a return must be sent to OSCR by the date by which the charity is, by virtue of provision made under section 44(4)(f), required to send OSCR a copy 35 statement of account in respect of the financial year in question. (3) OSCR must publicise any requirements set under subsection (1).”. 30 Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Further modification of the 2005 Act SCIO documents 13 (1) Section 52 (name and status) of the 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After subsection (3), insert— “(3A) Regulations under subsection (1) may also require such other information as 5 may be specified in the regulations to be stated in legible characters in the documents referred to in that subsection. (3B) Such regulations may— (a) exempt SCIOs, or SCIOs of a particular type, from any of the requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3A), 10 (b) provide that any statement required may, in the case of documents which 1 are otherwise wholly or mainly in a language other than English, be made in that other language.”. (3) The heading of the section becomes “References in SCIO documents”.

Last updated: 28 June 2023

Bill as passed

Annual returns 12 (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 48, insert— “Duty to submit annual return 30 48A Annual returns (1) A charity must prepare for each of its financial years an annual return in such form, and containing such information, as may be required by OSCR. (2) Such a return must be sent to OSCR by the date by which the charity is, by virtue of provision made under section 44(4)(f), required to send OSCR a copy 35 statement of account in respect of the financial year in question. (3) OSCR must publicise any requirements set under subsection (1).”. 30 Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Further modification of the 2005 Act SCIO documents 13 (1) Section 52 (name and status) of the 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After subsection (3), insert— “(3A) Regulations under subsection (1) may also require such other information as 5 may be specified in the regulations to be stated in legible characters in the documents referred to in that subsection. (3B) Such regulations may— (a) exempt SCIOs, or SCIOs of a particular type, from any of the requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3A), 10 (b) provide that any statement required may, in the case of documents which 1 are otherwise wholly or mainly in a language other than English, be made in that other language.”. (3) The heading of the section becomes “References in SCIO documents”.

Last updated: 1 June 2023

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Annual returns 15 12 (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 48, insert— “Duty to submit annual return 48A Annual returns (1) A charity must prepare for each of its financial years an annual return in such 20 form, and containing such information, as may be required by OSCR. (2) Such a return must be sent to OSCR by the date by which the charity is, by virtue of provision made under section 44(4)(f), required to send OSCR a copy statement of account in respect of the financial year in question. (3) OSCR must publicise any requirements set under subsection (1).”. 25 SCIO documents 13 (1) Section 52 (name and status) of the 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After subsection (3), insert— “(3A) Regulations under subsection (1) may also require such other information as may be specified in the regulations to be stated in legible characters in the 30 documents referred to in that subsection. (3B) Such regulations may— (a) exempt SCIOs, or SCIOs of a particular type, from any of the requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3A), (b) provide that any statement required may, in the case of documents which 35 are otherwise wholly or mainly in a language other than English, be made in that other language.”. (3) The heading of the section becomes “References in SCIO documents”. 30 Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Further modification of the 2005 Act Conversion of charity which is a company or registered society 13A (1) Section 56 (conversion of charity which is a company or registered friendly society: applications) of the 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) In subsection (1)(b), “(c.12)” is repealed. 5 (3) The heading of the section becomes “Conversion of charity which is a company or registered society: applications”.

Last updated: 1 December 2025

Letter from The Highland Council responding to Committees letter on Ecocide Scotland Bill 28 Novembe

If an application was granted against such advice, it may lend itself more easily to reckless or intentional culpability.

Last updated: 8 February 2024

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This may create uncertainty, and at worst may result in unintended consequences.

Last updated: 16 June 2025

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Below is a table of Members’ Business taken by the Parliament in the past 12 months, a record of all Members’ Business taken from the start of session 6 is available on request. Date MSP Party Subject 7 May 2024 Richard LAB Supporting the Further Education Leonard Workforce 8 May 2024 Emma SNP World Asthma Day 2024 Harper 9 May 2024 Collette SNP Shining a Light on Domestic Abuse in Stevenson LGBT+ History Month 14 May 2024 Maurice CON Urgent Action to Tackle Climate Golden Change 15 May 224 Clare SNP No Falls Week 2024 Adamson 16 May 2024 Martin LAB Foster Care Fortnight Whitfield 21 May 2024 Marie McNair SNP National Epilepsy Week 22 May 2024 Alexander CON National Lyme Disease Awareness Burnett Month 23 May 2024 Alasdair Allan SNP Europe Day 2024 29 May 2024 Jamie Halcro CON Importance of Wood-burning Stoves Johnston and Other Direct Emission Heating to Homes in Rural and Island Communities 30 May 2024 Alex Rowley LAB Physiotherapy Workforce Shortage in Scotland 30 May 2024 Michelle SNP Taliban's Suppression of Women's and Thomson Girls' Rights in Afghanistan - Rescheduled from 28 May 2024 7 PB/S6/25/089 4 June 2024 Clare SNP Child Safety Week 2024 Adamson 5 June 2024 Kevin Stewart SNP 40th Anniversary of Volunteers’ Week 6 June 2024 Mark Ruskell GRN Permanently Ending Peak Rail Fares on ScotRail 11 June 2024 Neil Bibby LAB Proposed Cuts to Renfrewshire HSCP Services 12 June 2024 Tim Eagle CON Resolving Scotland’s Rural Depopulation Crisis 13 June 2024 Fulton SNP Fostering a Discussion on a MacGregor Kindergarten Stage in Scotland 19 June 2024 Clare SNP WASPI PHSO Final Report Published Haughey 20 June 2024 Jamie CON West Coast Ferry Disruption and Greene Replacement 20 June 2024 Evelyn SNP Increasing Benefits Uptake in the Tweed Current Economic Climate 26 June 2024 Humza SNP Immediate Recognition of the State of Yousaf Palestine 27 June 2024 Marie McNair SNP Action Mesothelioma Day 2024 28 June 2024 Beatrice LD Rural and Island Digital Connectivity Wishart Challenges 3 September Sue Webber CON A New Winchburgh Train Station 2024 4 September Bob Doris SNP Tackling the Misuse of Off-road 2024 Vehicles 5 September Sarah LAB Recognising the UN's Declaration for 2024 Boyack Future Generations 10 September Kenneth SNP Repealing the United Kingdom Internal 2024 Gibson Market Act 2020 11 September Graham CON Retrofitting and Tenement Maintenance 2024 Simpson 12 September Bill Kidd SNP The Late Reverend John Ainslie 2024 17 September Audrey Nicoll SNP Celebrating the Federation of Small 2024 Businesses' 50th Anniversary 18 September Lorna Slater GRN 10 Years since Scotland’s 2024 Independence Referendum 19 September Sharon CON Addressing Retail Crime and Antisocial 2024 Dowey Behaviour 24 September Martin LAB Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity 2024 Whitfield 25 September Gordon SNP Importance of the Scottish Wholesale 2024 MacDonald Sector 26 September Rona Mackay SNP Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 2024 (FASD) Awareness Month 1 October Tess White CON Importance of Safe and Fair Sport for 2024 Women and Girls 8 PB/S6/25/089 1 October David SNP Celebrating 125 Years of Learning with 2024 Torrance Fife College (Rescheduled from 19 March) 2 October Stuart SNP Regulation of the Medical Aesthetics 2024 McMillan Industry in Scotland 3 October Katy Clark LAB Ardrossan Harbour 2024 8 October Clare SNP Raising Awareness of Liver Disease 2024 Haughey 9 October Jackson CON 40th Anniversary of the Brighton Bomb 2024 Carlaw Blast 10 October Paul O'Kane LAB Challenge Poverty Week 2024 2024 29 October Emma SNP Recognising the Dangers of Artificial 2024 Roddick Intelligence (AI) 30 October N/A CON Cancelled due to Parliamentary 2024 Business – to be rescheduled at a future date 31 October Audrey Nicoll SNP Invasive Non-native Species in 2024 Scotland 5 November Karen Adam SNP Celebrating One Parent Families 2024 Scotland 80th Anniversary 5 November Clare SNP Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month 2024 Adamson and World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2024 - rescheduled from 24 April 2024 6 November Fulton SNP Tackling Sibling Sexual Abuse in 2024 MacGregor Scotland 7 November Gillian GRN North Lanarkshire School Bus 2024 Mackay Campaign 12 November Alex Cole- LD Protecting Communities from Antisocial 2024 Hamilton Behaviour and Antisocial Driving 13 November Douglas CON Rural Roads Infrastructure 2024 Lumsden 14 November Ruth Maguire SNP Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2024 19 November Gordon SNP Celebrating the Scottish Empty Homes 2024 MacDonald Partnership 20 November Marie McNair SNP World COPD Day 2024 21 November Roz McCall CON Increasing Stroke Awareness 2024 26 November n/a SNP Cancelled due to Parliamentary 2024 Business – to be rescheduled at a future date 27 November Richard LAB Marking the 40th Anniversary of the 2024 Leonard Miners’ Strike 28 November Christine SNP 25 Years of Tweeddale Youth Action 2024 Grahame 9 PB/S6/25/089 3 December Craig Hoy CON Findings of the Cross-Party Group on 2024 Beer and Pubs Report, What Does "Brand Scotland" Mean for the Scottish Beer and Pub Sector?

Last updated: 21 March 2023

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