26.02.2014
On Thursday 27 February, Members of the European and External Relations Committee will hear from their Irish counterparts via video conference as part of the Committee’s inquiry into the Scottish Government's proposals for an independent Scotland
24.02.2014
Years of regeneration policies have delivered few long-lasting outcomes for the most deprived communities in Scotland according to a report issued today by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee.
18.02.2014
Views on far-reaching changes to the Scottish civil courts system are being sought by the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee in a call for evidence published today.
17.02.2014
Do you want to know more about what the Parliament is doing to tackle poor conditions in the private rented housing sector? Or how landlords allocate social housing and tackle anti-social behaviour?
11.02.2014
Shieldinch will welcome a new visitor later this month when the Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP, visits the set of the popular BBC One programme, River City.
10.02.2014
The future of local government in Scotland is to be examined in an inquiry launched today (Monday 10 February) by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee.
10.02.2014
An international conference exploring the experiences of female parliamentarians and the representation of women in politics is to take place at the Scottish Parliament on Sunday 16 March.
07.02.2014
The Finance Committee is keen to emphasise the importance of ensuring the independence, transparency and non-partisan nature of the Scottish Government’s proposed Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) in a report published today.
07.02.2014
A proposed draft remedial order which seeks to amend the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 after the Supreme Court ruled that a provision in the Act was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
06.02.2014
The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is not convinced that the case has been made to abolish the requirement for corroboration
05.02.2014
In a letter to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, the Committee unanimously calls on deer management groups (the voluntary system for managing red deer) to have plans in place by the end of 2016
04.02.2014
Engagement and scrutiny by the Scottish Parliament Committees on European Union (EU) matters has been praised today by the European and External Relations Committee.
03.02.2014
Proposals to tackle the misuse of the disabled parking blue badge scheme are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee.