The following is a list of all the bills proposed by the SNP government

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEARNING (AMENDMENT) BILL Clarifies and strengthens the 2004 Additional Support for Learning Act to permit out of area' placing requests, extending and improving mediation and dispute resolution. The law will be amended in relation to the basis on which requests can be referred to a Tribunal, and between the Tribunal, Education Appeal Committee and Sheriff Court.

ARBITRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL Arbitration is the process whereby parties agree to submit a dispute between them to a third party, an arbitrator, who often has special expertise or knowledge, and who will act as a private "judge" to produce a binding determination of the dispute. If the 1996 UK Act is not modernised, arbitration in Scotland may fall into disuse at a time when its use is increasing elsewhere.

BUDGET BILL This Bill is needed to give statutory authority for Scottish Government on spending. It sets out the purposes for which those resources can be used and the maximum amounts that can be used for each of the Government's spending programmes.

CHILDREN'S HEARINGS BILL This will strengthen and modernise the children's hearings system by bringing together the various existing bodies into a single national body, provisionally called the Children's Hearings Agency. This will ensure a stronger and more consistent approach to the work of the Children's Reporter Service, the delivery and administration of Children's Hearings and the recruitment, training and support provided to Panel members.

COUNCIL TAX ABOLITION BILL Flagship bill aims to replace Council Tax with a Local Income Tax of 3% on the basic and higher rates of UK income tax, with a £281m subsidy from the Scottish Government to meet the shortfall in local authority budgets. A response to the largely hostile consultation process is due to be published in the autumn.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LICENSING BILL This will include provisions to reform community penalties, improve criminal law, modernise court procedures, assist victims and witnesses and also contain measures that will help address Scotland's drinking culture through further reforms to licensing law, including controversial proposal to ban off-sales to those under 21 and impose a minimum price on alcohol.

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL Ensures better co-ordination of flood risk assessment and management, including dealing with the EC Floods Directive, amendments to local authority and SEPA functions, and a single enforcement authority for the safe operation of Scotland's reservoirs.

HEALTH BILL Will restrict the display of cigarettes and other tobacco products at point of sale and introduce a tobacco sales registration scheme and sanctions such as cautions and fixed penalty notices. The Bill may ban packs of 10 cigarettes and vending machines. It will also amend the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 to prevent commercial companies from bidding to provide GP services.

LEGAL PROFESSION BILL This will liberalise the profession, bringing a competitive but appropriately regulated market, allowing for alternative business structures, helping the legal services market in Scotland to grow and compete nationally and internationally. It will also establish new a regulatory framework for legal services which meets Scottish needs.

LEGISLATIVE REFORM (SCOTLAND) BILL After 10 years of devolution it is seen as time for the Scottish Parliament to make its own provisions on procedural issues, such as how its legislation is interpreted and how the Parliament scrutinises subordinate legislation. The reforms are in line with recommendations made by a committee of MSPs and are intended to make Government and Parliament work together more effectively.

MARINE BILL This proposes new system of marine planning for the sustainable use of the marine environment, safeguarding and protecting Scotland's marine species and habitats, modernising the marine licensing system to encourage economic investment, with better stewardship backed up by robust science and data under a new umbrella body, Marine Scotland.

PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM BILL This will push through the Crerar Review streamlining the scrutiny landscape, which grew by 55% in the three years after 2002, and will cut the number of quangos by 25% with the aim of driving up public sector efficiency. It will also establish Creative Scotland, which was voted down, to the Government's embarrassment, before the summer recess.

RURAL SCHOOLS BILL In all cases of proposed school closures, changes of site, catchment area or denominational provision councils will have to produce an educational benefit statement and go through a consultation process. For rural schools there will be tougher rules, including looking at alternatives to closure and at the likely impact on the local community and on the environment of longer transport distances.

SCOTTISH CLIMATE CHANGE BILL This will introduce a target to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, more ambitious than the UK Climate Change Bill target of 60%, with a statutory framework to support its delivery. This will encourage public and private sectors to move towards a low carbon economy. It will include measures to ensure sustained action by future administrations through independent advice and robust scrutiny.

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS BILL This will implement the Gould Report's recommendations by extending the current term and next term of local authorities to five years, so that future four-yearly elections will fall in the mid-term of the Scottish Parliament. It will also improve access to voting data at polling station level and look at creating a Chief Returning Officer for Scotland in an attempt to restore public confidence in the system. It cannot give Holyrood full control over its own elections, as this is reserved to Westminster.