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A Tobacco and Vapes Bill was originally introduced in the House of Commons by the Conservative UK Government on 20 March 2024.
Following the UK General Election on 4 July 2024, the newly elected UK Labour Government subsequently introduced a modified version of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Commons on 5 November 2024.
Scottish Ministers must also carry out an assessment of the impact of the Act on hospices and palliative/end of life care providers and publish a report. Following the publication of this report, Ministers must prepare and publish a code of practice about the interaction between assisted dying and palliative/end-of-life care services.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2026
He also highlighted the duties placed on Ministers to report on how new responsibilities placed on care home providers have been put into operation, adding that monitoring and engagement would be carried out on an ongoing basis.
Following the evidence session, the Minister moved motion S6M-20536:
That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends t...
In this context, Rob Holland from National Autistic Society Scotland expressed the following concern:
Sometimes the debate in this space is focused on reducing referrals rather than making sure that we tackle the issue here.
The Committee notes the Minister’s view now that there are inherent welfare risks associated with greyhound racing at speed on oval tracks which would not be eliminated entirely with good practice or a licensing scheme.
Following the Committee’s stage 1 inquiry, some members did not feel a case has been made in support of a ban.
The Committee notes the evidence that the collection and recording of data in relation to instances of seclusion and restraint provides an opportunity for school staff to conduct post-incident reviews and to establish any lessons learned following any incident.
The Committee notes the concerns regarding the collection of school-based data and the risk that ...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
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In supplementary evidence to the Committee, the CYPCS highlighted the following implications of a broad legal definition of wellbeing:
Where statutory functions and therefore guidance and policy positions were to be drawn from broadly worded wellbeing legislation, which speaks about similar ideas but lacks connection to human rights legal prin...
The Bill also provides a legal right to support to people who are or have ever been in prostitution and places a corresponding duty on the Scottish Ministers to ensure the provision of such support is available for those individuals.
Following consideration on 30 September, correspondence was sent from the Committee to the Scottish Government on 2 October ...