Douglas Ross MSP has introduced this Member’s Bill. It will establish a right in law to treatment for addiction for anyone in Scotland who is addicted to either alcohol, or drugs or both.
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 Committee's call for views closed on Friday 20 December 2024.
The Committee received 9 submissions to its call for views. Read the submissions on Citizen Space.
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Convener of 7 January 2025
Letter from the Member in Charge of the Bill to the Convener of 29 April 2025
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
11 March 2025
The Committee took evidence from Douglas Ross, Member in Charge of the Bill
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting