Mental Health Legislation (Inquiry) (PE1550)
Agenda item 5 is consideration of petition PE1550 by Andrew Muir, on behalf of Psychiatric Rights Scotland, which calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to set up a public inquiry into historical cases of abuse of people detained under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
The petition was referred to us by the Public Petitions Committee at the end of March so that we could consider it during our scrutiny of the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill. That committee also wrote to the Scottish Government to seek its views on the petition. The Scottish Government’s response was received yesterday afternoon and circulated to the committee.
Members will have seen the clerk’s paper, which recommends that we consider the information in the petition and the Scottish Government’s response in scrutinising the bill at stage 2, following which the petition will be closed. Before I seek members’ agreement to that approach, I ask them whether they wish to make any comments. There being no comments, do we agree to look at the issues raised in the petition during our stage 2 scrutiny of the bill, after which the petition will be closed?
Members indicated agreement.
As previously agreed, the committee will now move into private session.
11:37 Meeting continued in private until 12:12.Previous
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