Policy Monitor

July 2025

Active Consultation: Jurisdiction: Closing Date:

Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 9 Sep 2025 Respond

Modernising and improving the administration of council tax

UK Government 12 Sep 2025 Respond

Automated vehicles: protecting marketing terms

UK Government 1 Sep 2025 Respond

Regulation of the debt enforcement sector

UK Government 21 Jul 2025 Respond

Improving car driving test booking rules

UK Government 23 Jul 2025 Respond

Reform of planning committees: technical consultation

UK Government 23 Jul 2025 Respond

Space requirements in early years childcare settings in England

UK Government 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy

UK Government 21 Jul 2025 Respond

Tax Treatment of Remote Gambling

UK Government 21 Jul 2025 Respond

Proposed decision report: SMS investigation into Google’s general search and search advertising services

UK Government 22 Jul 2025 Respond

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 5 Sep 2025 Respond

Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan

Scottish Parliament 15 Aug 2025 Respond

Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny 2025

Scottish Parliament 19 Sep 2025 Respond

Future social security spending in Scotland

Scottish Parliament 17 Aug 2025 Respond

Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 15 Aug 2025 Respond

Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 15 Aug 2025 Respond

Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 12 Sep 2025 Respond

Implementation of education reforms

Senedd 31 Dec 2025 Respond

A new rent and service charge standard for Wales

Welsh Government 11 Aug 2025 Respond

Automated vehicles: call for evidence on the Statement of Safety Principles

Welsh Government 1 Sep 2025 Respond

Draft Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2025

Welsh Government 25 Jul 2025 Respond

Rights, respect, equality anti-bullying guidance

Welsh Government 31 Jul 2025 Respond

Healthy eating in schools

Welsh Government 29 Jul 2025 Respond

Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan

Welsh Government 7 Aug 2025 Respond

Improving the administration and enforcement of Council Tax in Wales

Welsh Government 23 Jul 2025 Respond

Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability – Donations

Senedd 18 Jul 2025 Respond

Pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27, with a focus on mental health spending

Scottish Parliament 15 Aug 2025 Respond

Reducing NHS waiting times for elective care

UK Parliament 31 Jul 2025 Respond

Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society

UK Parliament 7 Aug 2025 Respond

Small business strategy

UK Parliament 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification

UK Parliament 21 Aug 2025 Respond

Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students

UK Parliament 31 Jul 2025 Respond

UK trade with the US, India and EU

UK Parliament 31 Aug 2025 Respond

Public Procurement: Growing British industry, jobs and skills – consultation on further reforms to public procurement

UK Government 5 Sep 2025 Respond

Consultation on the HSC Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Framework

Northern Ireland Executive 26 Aug 2025 Respond

Housing (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Government 18 Jul 2025 Respond

The Transport Strategy 2035

Northern Ireland Executive 11 Sep 2025 Respond

Consultation on Divorce and the Dissolution of Civil Partnerships

Northern Ireland Executive 30 Sep 2025 Respond

Public Consultation on Northern Ireland’s draft Climate Action Plan 2023-2027

Northern Ireland Executive 9 Oct 2025 Respond

Proposal to increase the existing maximum sentences for the offence of causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm

Northern Ireland Executive 13 Aug 2025 Respond

Consultation on NI Executive Anti-Poverty Strategy

Northern Ireland Executive 19 Sep 2025 Respond

Baby Loss Certificate Scheme

Northern Ireland Executive 11 Sep 2025 Respond

Draft Northern Ireland Fostering Services Minimum Standards

Northern Ireland Executive 5 Sep 2025 Respond

Health: Long Term Conditions Framework

Scottish Government 20 Jul 2025 Respond

Using a Mobile Phone While Driving – Consultation on Changing the Law

Northern Ireland Executive 13 Aug 2025 Respond

Draft Victims and Witnesses of Crime Strategy 2025 – 2030

Northern Ireland Executive 24 Jul 2025 Respond

Consultation on broadcasting in courts

Northern Ireland Executive 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Sentence Reduction for Guilty Pleas

Northern Ireland Executive 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Strengthening Inspection Legislation – for schools and other education and training establishments

Northern Ireland Executive 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Disabled People’s Parliament

Northern Ireland Assembly 4 Aug 2025 Respond

Review into the development of a formal process and guidance on the handling of Westminster Statutory Instruments that include a role for the Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly 30 Sep 2025 Respond

Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons

Scottish Parliament 22 Aug 2025 Respond

Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: funding for culture

Scottish Parliament 15 Aug 2025 Respond

Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny

Scottish Parliament 29 Aug 2025 Respond

ADHD and ASD pathways and support

Scottish Parliament 18 Aug 2025 Respond

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 1 Sep 2025 Respond

Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn

Scottish Parliament 5 Sep 2025 Respond

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill

Scottish Parliament 5 Sep 2025 Respond

Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Scottish Parliament 11 Aug 2025 Respond

Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 11 Jul 2025 Respond

Review of Assembly Committee engagement on cross-cutting Executive strategies

Northern Ireland Assembly 30 Sep 2025 Respond

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 24 Aug 2025 Respond

Support for part-time study and disabled students: Survey for the Higher Education and Further Education sector, training providers, third sector and interested organisations

Scottish Government 9 Oct 2025 Respond

Scotland’s Census 2031 – Topics

Scottish Government 30 Sep 2025 Respond

Private Rented Sector (PRS) Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES)

Scottish Government 29 Aug 2025 Respond

Environmental Standards Scotland Strategy 2026-2031

Scottish Government 29 Aug 2025 Respond

Draft Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy

Scottish Government 22 Aug 2025 Respond

Process for determining electoral boundaries in Scotland

Scottish Government 7 Aug 2025 Respond