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  4. Our input to parliamentary bills

Our input to parliamentary bills

With the invaluable contribution and support of our network of committee volunteers,, we provide MSPs, MPs and peers with briefings on Bills as they progress through the parliamentary process.

The aim of this important work is to help shape good law in the best interests of our members and the clients they serve.

Bills 2024/25

  • Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
  • Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill
  • Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill
  • Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill
  • Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill
  • Prisoners (Early Release) Scotland Bill
  • Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
  • Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Read more about Bills 2024/25

Bills 2023/24

  • Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
  • Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
  • Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
  • Data (Use and Access) Bill
  • Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill
  • Employment Rights Bill
  • House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
  • Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
  • Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
  • Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
  • Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill
  • Product Regulation and Metrology Bill
  • Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
  • Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill
  • Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
  • Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
  • Scottish Languages Bill
Read more about Bills 2023/24

Bills 2022/23

Our responses and briefings relating to bills from Holyrood and Westminster in 2022/23.

  • Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
  • Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill
  • Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
  • Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
  • Bill of Rights Bill
  • Care Reform (Scotland) Bill
  • Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
  • Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
  • Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill
  • Cost of Living (Protection of Tenants) Scotland Bill
  • Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
  • Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
  • Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
  • Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
  • Illegal Migration Bill
  • Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
  • Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
  • Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
  • Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
  • Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
  • Powers of Attorney Bill
  • Procurement Bill
  • Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
  • Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
  • Seafarers' Wages Bill
  • Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
  • Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
  • United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
  • Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
  • Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill
  • Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill
  • Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
Read more about Bills 2022/23

Bills 2021/22

Our responses and briefings relating to bills from Holyrood and Westminster in 2021/22.

  • Building Safety Bill
  • Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
  • Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
  • Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
  • Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
  • Elections Bill
  • Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill
  • Judicial Review and Courts Bill
  • Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill
  • Nationality and Borders Bill
  • Online Safety Bill
  • Professional Qualifications Bill
  • Subsidy Control Bill
  • Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Read more about Bills 2021/22

Bills 2018/19

Our responses and briefings relating to bills from Holyrood and Westminster in 2018/19.

Read more about Bills 2018/19

Bills 2019/20

Our responses and briefings relating to bills from Holyrood and Westminster in 2019/20.

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Bills 2020/21

Our responses and briefings relating to bills from Holyrood and Westminster in 2020/21.

Read more about Bills 2020/21

Research & policy

Learn more about our work conducting research on important issues about the law, and influencing law and policy at home and abroad.

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In this section

  • Our input to parliamentary bills
  • Bills 2024/25
  • Bills 2023/24
  • Bills 2022/23
  • Bills 2021/22
  • Bills 2020/21
  • Bills 2019/20
  • Bills 2018/19

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Our responses to consultations

Our responses to recent consultations on various areas of law.

Read more about Our responses to consultations

Legal Services Regulation

As part of our strategy, we set out our ambition to secure a modern, flexible and enabling legislative framework to improve legal services regulation  - read more about our work.

Read more about Legal Services Regulation

Influencing the law and policy

One of the main functions of our policy team, along with our network of volunteers, is to analyse and respond to proposed changes in the law.

Read more about Influencing the law and policy
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