Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
This Member’s Bill seeks to establish a new body, the Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council (SEIAC) to provide expertise about support for people who can no longer work because of workplace injury or disease.
The Bill fell at Stage 1 on 18 April 2024
Contents
Stage 1 - General principles
Committees examine the Bill and gather views. They produce reports before MSPs debate the Bill in the Chamber. MSPs then decide on the purpose (“general principles”) of the Bill.
The Bill ended Stage 1 on 18 April 2024
Committee Examination
The lead committee for this Bill is the Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Submit your views
The Committee asked for views on the Bill.
Who spoke to the lead committee
MSPs met with people in committee meetings to discuss what the Bill will do.
Minutes of 22 June 2023 (in private)
Minutes of 5 October 2023 (in private)
Minutes of 9 November 2023
Minutes of 16 November 2023
Minutes of 23 November 2023
Minutes of 30 November 2023
Minutes of 7 December 2023
Minutes of 21 December 2023 (in private)
Meeting on 9 November 2023
Correspondence
Committee correspondence sent and received while the Bill progressed through Parliament
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, 22 January 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice regarding Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit to Employment Injury Assistance, 18 January 2024
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice following evidence session on 30 November 2023
Work by other committees
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting on 7 November 2023
Meeting on 28 November 2023
Report published on 30 November 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Committee report
The lead committee published its report on 11 January 2024.
Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
The committee received the following response to its report on 22 January 2024.
Debate
MSPs debate the purpose (“general principles”) of the Bill.
Meeting on 18 April 2024
Read the minutes of proceedings (159KB, pdf) posted 18 April 2024
Vote
MSPs vote on the general principles of the Bill.
Meeting on 18 April 2024
Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
- Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Motion reference: S6M-12882
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 18 April 2024
Result 20 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Vote Defeated