Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 3:30 pm on 7 October 2025.
Angela Constance
Scottish National Party
3:30,
7 October 2025
I offer my apologies to Ms Whitham for not catching her Intervention request on the screen in front of me.
I reassure her that my officials continue to meet Scottish Women’s Aid and did so most recently on 26 September. That meeting was around that very point—the importance of statutory guidance and ensuring that, at all times, we have the right people around the table to do the review, so that we get the right learning. I can give her that guarantee.
Amendment 50 agreed to.
Section 26—Regulation-making powers
Amendments 51 and 52 moved—[Angela Constance]—and agreed to.
Schedule—Domestic homicide and suicide reviews: public appointments
Amendments 53 to 57 moved—[Angela Constance]—and agreed to.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.
