The third item on the agenda is the response from the Minister for Public Health and Sport to the committee’s fourth report in 2010, “Report on post-legislative scrutiny: the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003”. Do members have any comments to make on the response? I noticed something that clarified our point about local government monitoring. It seems that the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland still has some responsibility for that monitoring, which is interesting. Do members want to raise any other issues?
Early intervention services are important. It has been recognised that they save money in the long run. It would be good if we again underlined that early intervention should still be concentrated on, as it is obviously the right way to go. I am trying to avoid using the word “cut”.
I hope that our report and the Government’s response will be the subject of a debate in the chamber later this month. We are waiting for confirmation of that.