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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

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Last updated: 13 December 2022

letter from Lee Ann Panglea Head of the CIPD in Scotland

It is also clear that these changes will be costly and bureaucratic, undermining the stability that workers and businesses need, especially when facing an economic recession. Our evidence has consistently shown that UK employers do not find employment legislation to be an impediment to growth and feel that the UK has a balanced approach to employee rights a...
Last updated: 16 May 2024

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The Minister for Public Health and Women's Health (Jenni Minto) moved amendment S6M-13090.4— As an amendment to motion S6M-13090 in the name of Meghan Gallacher (Implementing the Cass Review in Scotland), leave out from “implement” to end and insert “thoroughly examine the recommendations of the NHS England commissioned report, and its applicability to NHS Scotland services, and to update the Parliament on the outcome before the summer recess...
Official Report Meeting date: 7 October 2025

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 07 October 2025

The instrument was laid on 2 October 2025 and will come into force on 10 November 2025, breaching the 28-day rule in the 2010 act, which requires that an instrument must be laid before the Scottish Parliament “at least 28 days before the instrument comes into force”. Recess days are excluded for the purpose of counting the days between the instrument bein...
Official Report Meeting date: 4 June 2024

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 04 June 2024

The instrument also prescribes certain victim support organisations so that they may be nominated by a victim of crime to receive information concerning the person who committed an offence against the victim, including the date of their release from prison. First, does the committee wish to draw to the attention of the lead committee that the draft instrument has the effect that a prisoner who is sentenced on a date between 13 June and 16 July 2024 could, in certain circumstances, be released the next day, and that the Scottish Government has indicated that that is in line with the policy intention?
Last updated: 14 December 2023

SLC appointments 11 August 2023

Approval is likely to be sought from the Committee in early December, therefore, the Committee will of course wish to consider the timing of December recess and other planned Committee business in determining their approach.
Last updated: 19 September 2025

SPCB 2023 Paper 82

From past experience, the last couple of weeks of parliamentary business in the run-up to summer recess tend to very busy with the likelihood of late sittings which can mean Member-sponsored events have to be cancelled and rescheduled at short notice.
Last updated: 5 September 2025

Minute of the meeting held on 18 March 2025

The government should be consulting "behind the curtain" on secondary legislation just as they do with primary legislation, focusing not just on consultation but on producing workable solutions. Agenda item 6 Date of next meeting May 2025 pdf. application/pdf. 204877.
Last updated: 3 January 2024

Minutes of the meeting held on 12 June 2023

KA thanked speakers for their contributions, attendees for questions and to conveners for chairing the discussion. 6 Agenda item 4 Date of next meeting was to be confirmed post Parliamentary recess.
Last updated: 27 November 2025

Parliamentary Appointments Session 6 updated 28 June 23

Party Abbreviation Alba Alba Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Con Scottish Green Party Green Scottish Labour Lab Scottish Liberal Democrats LD Scottish National Party SNP Independent MSPs Ind No Party Affiliation NPA Parliamentary Appointments: Session 6 1 Parliamentary Bureau Alison Johnstone MSP (NPA) Convener (18 May 2021 – to date) George Adam MSP (SNP) Member (20 May 2021 – 8 May 2024) Neil Bibby MSP (Lab) Member (18 May 2021 – 18 April 2023) Alexander Burnett (Con) Member (22 September 2022 – 9 September 2025) Graeme Dey (SNP) Member (21 September 2025 - to date) Tim Eagle (Con) Member (9 September 2025 - to date) Patrick Harvie (Green) Member (18 May 2021 – 5 July 2021) Jamie Hepburn (SNP) Member (8 May 2024 - 19 September 2025) Stephen Kerr MSP (Con) Member (18 May 2021 – 22 September 2022) Gillian Mackay MSP (Green) Member (5 July 2021 - 22 May 2025) Willie Rennie MSP (LD) Member (14 April 2025 - to date) Lorna Slater MSP (Green) Member (22 May 2025- to date) Martin Whitfield MSP (Lab) Member (18 April 2023 - to date) Scottish Commission for Public Audit Colin Beattie MSP (SNP) Member (24 June 2021 – 1 September 2021) Chair (1 September 2021 – to date) Sharon Dowey MSP (Con) Member (24 June 2021 – 21 March 2024) Jamie Greene MSP (Con) Parliamentary Appointments: Session 6 2 Member (16 May 2024 – to 24 June 2024) Deputy Chair (24 June 2024 – to date) Daniel Johnson MSP (Lab) Member (24 June 2021 – to date) Richard Leonard MSP (Lab) Member (23 June 2021 – to date) Mark Ruskell MSP (Green) Member (24 June 2021 – to date) Scottish Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund Pauline McNeill MSP (Lab) Chair (29 March 2022- to date) Trustee (14 June 2017 – 29 March 2022) Mark Ballard Trustee (9 March 2022 – to date) Murdo Fraser MSP (Con) Trustee (9 March 2022 – to date) Alison Harris Chair (24 September 2019- 9 March 2022) Trustee (14 June 2017- 24 September 2019) Gordon MacDonald MSP (SNP) Trustee (9 March 2022 – to date) Gil Paterson Trustee (7 December 2011- 9 March 2022) Mark Ruskell MSP (Green) Trustee (14 June 2017- 9 March 2022) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) Alison Johnstone MSP (NPA) Convener (20 May 2021 – to date) Claire Baker MSP (Lab) Appointed Member (20 May 2021 – to date) Jackson Carlaw MSP (Con) Appointed Member (20 May 2021 – to date) Maggie Chapman MSP (Green) Appointed Member (20 May 2021 – to date) Christine Grahame MSP (SNP) Appointed Member (20 May 2021 – to date) Parliamentary Appointments: Session 6 3 About SPICe The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) provides impartial, factual, accurate and timely information and analysis for the Parliament.
Last updated: 3 March 2023

EUFunds_NLanarkshireCouncil_8Feb23

This was an almost impossible deadline to meet due to local government elections that took place in May 2022 and the fact that most councils were in recess during July (sign off by local authority political leaders being an essential aspect of the plan).

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