The Bill will establish a Disability Commissioner for Scotland, whose primary purpose will be to promote and safeguard the rights of disabled people. The Commissioner will be appointed by and accountable to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body but will be independent from Government.
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.
The call for views closed on 17 May 2024.
The Committee received 3 submissions to its call for views. Read the submissions on Citizen Space.
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 25 June 2024
The Committee took evidence from Jeremy Balfour, Member in Charge of the Bill.
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting