Proposals for Member’s Bills
A member seeking to introduce a Member’s Bill must first lodge a draft proposal, together with a consultation document (or a statement of reasons why consultation is not considered necessary). Subsequently, the member may lodge a final proposal, in broadly similar terms to the draft, accompanied by a summary of consultation responses (or the statement of reasons). The member secures the right to introduce a Bill to give effect to the proposal if the final proposal secures, within one month, the support of at least 18 other members from at least half the political parties or groups represented in the Parliamentary Bureau, and provided no statement is made that the Scottish Government is planning equivalent legislation.
All current proposals (together with associated documents) are available on the Scottish Parliament website at Proposals for Members’ Bills/Session 6 Proposals:
Proposals for Bills – Scottish Parliament | Scottish Parliament Website
Final Proposal for a Member’s Bill
Monica Lennon: Proposed Ecocide Prevention (Scotland) Bill — Proposal for a Bill to protect the environment in Scotland and deter environmental damage by introducing the crime of ecocide into Scots law. (lodged 12 November 2024)
The proposal was accompanied by a summary of consultation responses, which is accessible online via the website page referred to above. The summary, and individual responses, may also be viewed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
Supported by : Maurice Golden, Alex Rowley , Foysol Choudhury, Mark Ruskell, Graham Simpson, Anas Sarwar, Martin Whitfield, Colin Smyth, Paul O’Kane, Richard Leonard, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Paul Sweeney, Sarah Boyack, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Willie Rennie, Liam McArthur, Patrick Harvie, Michelle Thomson, Ariane Burgess*