Parliamentary History
158.The following is a list of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for the Act and significant documents connected to the Bill published by the Parliament during the Bill’s parliamentary passage. The Bill for the Act was the first Scottish Parliament Bill in respect of which a Reconsideration Stage took place. The Supreme Court judgment (Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland – United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [2021] UKSC 42) which gave rise to the Reconsideration Stage can be found here.
| Proceedings and reports | Reference |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| Bill as introduced (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80 (Session 5 (2020)) |
| Explanatory Notes (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80–EN (Session 5 (2020)) |
| Financial Memorandum (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80–FM (Session 5 (2020)) |
| Policy Memorandum (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80–PM (Session 5 (2020)) |
| Statements on legislative competence (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80–LC (Session 5 (2020)) |
| Delegated Powers Memorandum (1 September 2020) | SP Bill 80–DPM (Session 5 (2020)) |
| SPICe briefing (2 November 2020) | Sb 20-71 |
| Stage 1 | |
| Equalities and Human Rights Committee (lead committee) | |
| Consideration in private (3 September 2020) | Meeting minutes (EHRiC/S5/20/15/M) |
| Consideration in private (8 October 2020) | Meeting minutes (EHRiC/S5/20/20/M) |
| Consideration in private (29 October 2020) | Meeting minutes (EHRiC/S5/20/21/M) |
| Evidence session (12 November 2020) | Official Report (cols. 1 to 52) |
| Evidence session (19 November 2020) | Official Report (cols. 1 to 51) |
| Evidence session (26 November 2020) | Official Report (cols. 2 to 60) |
| Evidence session (3 December 2020) | Official Report (cols. 1 to 20) |
| Consideration in private (10 December 2020) | Meeting minutes (EHRiC/S5/20/27/M) |
| Stage 1 Report (20 December 2020) | 4th Report, 2020 (Session 5) (SP Paper 898) |
| Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee | |
| Report on Bill at Stage 1 (9 December 2020) | 73rd Report, 2020 (Session 5) (SP Paper 882) |
| Whole Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate (19 January 2021) | Official Report (cols. 43 to 82, 96, 100 and 102) |
| Minutes of proceedings | |
| Stage 2 | |
| Equalities and Human Rights Committee | |
| Marshalled List of amendments | SP Bill 80-ML (Session 5 (2021)) |
| Groupings of amendments | SP Bill 80-G (Session 5 (2021)) |
| Consideration of amendments (11 February 2021) | Official Report (cols. 1 to 50) |
| Meeting minutes (EHRiC/S5/21/4/M) | |
| Other documents | |
| Bill as amended at Stage 2 (12 February 2021) | SP Bill 80A (Session 5 (2021)) |
| Revised Financial Memorandum (3 March 2021) | SP Bill 80A-FM (Session 5 (2021)) |
| Revised Delegated Powers Memorandum (4 March 2021) | SP Bill 80A-DPM (Session 5 (2021)) |
| Revised Explanatory Notes (12 March 2021) | SP Bill 80A-EN (Session 5 (2021)) |
| After Stage 2 | |
| Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee | |
| Report on Bill as amended at Stage 2 (16 March 2021) | 17th Report, 2021 (Session 5) (SP Paper 986) |
| Stage 3 | |
| Marshalled List of amendments | SP Bill 80A-ML (Session 5 (2021) |
| Groupings of amendments | SP Bill 80A-G (Session 5 (2021) |
| Stage 3 debate (whole Parliament, 16 March 2021) | Official Report (cols. 51 to 124) |
| Minutes of proceedings | |
| Bill as passed (16 March 2021) | SP Bill 80B (Session 5 (2021)) |
| After passing | |
| Statement by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (whole Parliament, 6 October 2021) | Official Report (cols. 22 to 35) |
| Statement by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (whole Parliament, 24 May 2022) | Official Report (cols. 11 to 24) |
| Statement by Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (whole Parliament, 27 June 2023) | Official Report (cols. 21 to 33) |
| Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to Convener of Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee (13 September 2023) | Correspondence on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill |
| Debate on motion to reconsider the Bill (whole Parliament, 14 September 2023) | Official Report (cols. 62 to 76 and 120) |
| Minutes of proceedings | |
| Reconsideration Stage | |
| Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee | |
| Written submissions | Correspondence on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill |
| Evidence session (31 October 2023) | Official Report (cols. 2 to 48) |
| Meeting minutes | |
| Evidence session (7 November 2023) | Official Report (cols. 26 to 44) |
| Meeting minutes | |
| Letter from Convener to Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (17 November 2023) | Correspondence on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill |
| Whole Parliament | |
| Marshalled List of amendments | SP Bill 80B-ML (Session 5 (2023)) |
| Groupings of amendments | SP Bill 80B-G (Session 5 (2023)) |
| Reconsideration Stage debate (7 December 2023) | Official Report (cols. 59 to 92) |
| Minutes of proceedings | |
| Other documents | |
| Bill as approved at Reconsideration Stage (7 December 2023) | SP Bill 80C (Session 5 (2023)) |
| After approval at Reconsideration Stage | |
| Royal Assent (16 January 2024) | United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 1) |
