Draft Legislative Clauses and the Scotland Bill
In January 2015, the UK Government published its response to the Smith Report, in the form of a Command Paper and a set of draft legislative clauses. The Scotland Bill was then published on 28 May 2015.
This page contains information on the Committee's scrutiny of the Scotland Bill, including links to its interim report, its final report, written evidence received by the Committee, and other relevant documents.
Citizens' Guide to Scottish Devolution
As part of its consideration of the Scotland Bill, the Committee produced a short, accessible guide to devolution in Scotland. This was updated on 17 March 2016.
The guide contains information and facts and figures on devolution and the key features of the Scotland Bill 2015-16:
Evidence
Written evidence received for our interim report
Additional written evidence received on the Scotland Bill (September 2015)
Report
The Committee published its Interim Report on the UK Government's proposals on 14 May 2015:
Analysis Papers:
The Committee published its Final Report on the Scotland Bill on 11 March 2016:
Additional Information
CORRESPONDENCE
- Scottish Government Response to the Interim Report from the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee on the Smith Commission and the UK Government's Proposals (753KB pdf)
- Letter from Deputy First Minister to the Convener on Further Devolution Beyond the Smith Commission Report, dated 15 June 2015 (5465KB pdf)
- UK Government response to the Interim Report from the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee (92KB pdf)
- Letter to the Deputy First Minister following the meeting on 25 June, dated 29 June (157KB pdf)
- Letter to the Secretary of State following the meeting on 25 June, dated 29 June (274KB pdf)
- Letter from the Convener of the Rural Affiars, Climate Change and Environment Committee detailing the outcomes from the Committee's scrutiny of the Crown Estate provisions in the Scotland Bill, dated 25 June (161KB pdf)
- Letter from the Convener of the Public Audit Committee detailing the outcomes from the Committee's scrutiny of aspects of the Scotland Bill, dated 25 June (223KB pdf)
- Letter from the Deputy First Minister to the Convener on the Deputy First Minister's appearance before the Committee on 25 June 2015, dated 10 July 2015 (2.6MB pdf)
- Letter from the Secretary of State setting out a draft Crown Estate Outline Transfer Scheme (54KB pdf)
- Letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland following his appearance on 25 June 2015 (64KB pdf)
- Letter to the Secretary of State for Scotland – Amendments at Report Stage (September 2015) (243KB pdf)
- Letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland proposing an amendment on permanency (723KB pdf)
- Letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland regarding amendment on abortion powers (39KB pdf)
- Letter of 2 November 2015 from the Secretary of State for Scotland regarding amendments at Report Stage (137KB pdf)
- Letter of 12 November 2015 to the Secretary of State for Scotland following Report Stage in the House of Commons (158KB pdf)
- Letter of 24 November 2015 from the Secretary of State for Scotland following Report Stage in the House of Commons (226KB pdf)
- Letter of 26 November 2015 to the Secretary of State for Scotland following Report Stage in the House of Commons (96KB pdf)
- Letter of 10 December 2015 from the Deputy First Minister on the implementation costs of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (1.2MB pdf)
- Correspondence of 15 January 2016 from the Scottish Government on the devolution of employment tribunals (403KB pdf)
- Letter of 21 January 2016 from the Committee Convener to the Scottish Government on the issue of post-study work visas (585KB pdf)
- Letter of 21 January 2016 from the Committee Convener to the UK Government on the issue of post-study work visas (732KB pdf)
- Letter of 21 January 2016 from the Committee Convener to the Scottish Government on non-legislative measures in the Smith Commission (102KB pdf)
- Letter of 21 January 2016 from the Committee Convener to the UK Government on non-legislative measures in the Smith Commission (102KB pdf)
- Response of 26 January 2016 from the Scottish Government on the issue of post-study work visas (6.6MB pdf)
- Letter of 27 January 2016 to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the timetable for a fiscal framework (31.3KB pdf)
- Letter of 27 January 2016 to the Deputy First Minister on the timetable for a fiscal framework (31.5KB pdf)
- Response of 28 January 2016 from the UK Government on the issue of post-study work visas (892KB pdf)
- Response of 8 February 2016 from the Deputy First Minister on non-legislative work relating to Smith Commission (802KB pdf)
- Letter of 8 February 2016 from the Committee Convener to the Crown Estate (84KB pdf)
- Letter of 8 February 2016 from the Committee Convener to the Scottish Government regarding the Crown Estate (87KB pdf)
- Letter of 8 February 2016 from the Committee Convener to the UK Government regarding the Crown Estate (89KB pdf)
- Letter of 11 February 2016 from the Convener to the UK Government regarding the devolution of employment programmes (89KB pdf)
- Response of 18 February 2016 from the Crown Estate (270KB pdf)
- Response of 19 February 2016 from the UK Government on the devolution of employment programmes (2MB pdf)
- Response of 19 February 2016 from the UK Government on non-legislative measures in the Smith Commission (179KB pdf)
- Response of 23 February 2016 from the UK Government regarding the Crown Estate (1.7MB pdf)
- Letter of 23 February 2016 from the UK Government to the Scottish Government on Responsible Parking (66KB pdf)
- Response of 24 February 2016 from the Scottish Government regarding the Crown Estate (163KB pdf)
- Letter of 2 March 2016 from the Secretary of State for Scotland on the Crown Estate (179KB pdf)
- Letter of 2 March 2016 from the Secretary of State for Scotland on the commencement provisions in the Scotland Bill (432KB pdf)
- Letter of 4 March 2016 from the Secretary of State for Scotland following his evidence on 3 March 2016 (40KB pdf)
- Letter of 7 March 2016 from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury following his evidence on 3 March 2016 (807KB pdf)
- Letter of 14 March 2016 from the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee to the Secretary of State for Scotland (90KB pdf)
- Letter of 14 March 2016 from the Secretary of State for Scotland on the parliamentary timetable for the Scotland Bill (184KB pdf)
- Letter of 15 March 2016 from the Secretary of State for Scotland to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (180KB pdf)
- Letter of 22 March 2016 from the Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills & Training to the Welfare Reform Committee regarding employment support (163KB pdf)
PROGRESS NOTES ON THE PASSAGE OF THE SCOTLAND BILL
LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM
SPICe BRIEFINGS