About the Bill
A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for free period products for anyone who needs them.
The Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 23 April 2019. The Bill and accompanying documents can be found here.
Current Status of the Bill
This is a non-Government Bill that has been put forward by Monica Lennon MSP for Central Scotland.
Stage 1
The Local Government and Communities Committee was designated the lead Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny.
Financial Memorandum
As with all Bills, the Finance and Constitution Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
The Financial Memorandum (FM) published alongside the Bill sets out the estimated costs of introducing the legislation and the additional receipts that are expected to be generated as a result of the changes proposed. Before making a submission, please read our privacy notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process your personal data.
Please note that in most cases your written submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament's website and may be quoted in the Committee's report or in Committee meetings (which are public and broadcast).
Please use the questionnaire provided for your submission.
FM Questionnaire
The deadline to submit your views was Friday 1st November 2019
The Commitee received 2 responses
We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. Due to the time required to process and analyse evidence, late submissions will only be accepted with the agreement of the Committee Clerk.
Written responses should be sent electronically, to [email protected].
Ideally submissions should be no more than four sides of A4.
If you cannot submit electronically, you may send in a hard copy of the written submission. Please send them to:
The Finance and Constitution Committee
Room T3.60
Scottish Parliament
EH99 1SP.