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The Committee went on a fact-finding visit to meet members of the House of Lords' Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Lord Lisvane (former Clerk to the House of Commons) and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to hear about their experience of framework legislation and Henry VIII powers, and well as meeting (online) with the Chair of the N...
This is often not helped by sensationalism in the media and misinformation online. The research also heard that there was very little understanding about what the council tax pays for.
In the meeting with the Lord Advocate, it was confirmed to me that that would not always require extensive digital forensics; it could just be screenshots—those would be sufficient.iiCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, Wednesday 26 November 2025 (Col 6)
Ash Regan MSP also noted that surveillance and online intelligence could be used, as well as thi...
Committee reports
Date published:
12 December 2025
Finance
The Committee’s People’s Panel iIn February and March 2024, twenty-three randomly selected panel members, from across the breadth of Scottish demographics, met and exchanged views with experts and Committee Members over two weekends and two online sessions on Section 91 (which covers public engagement on climate change) of the 2009 Act.in 2024 unan...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
In fact, it was so difficult that, when the deer management groups were assessed, there were 101 criteria for how we manage deer in the public interest.
Participants at the Committee’s online meeting with deer management practitioners highlighted that the public interest would differ depending on the location with, for example, traditional deer stalking bei...