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Working that through in guidance, as we propose to do for a number of other areas in the Bill, would allow for the issue to be considered and worked on with children and young people [....] it would also allow us to have the appropriate time and flexibility to get to the heart of what we are trying to do.xviiScottish Parliament. (2025, 5 November) Official ...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2025
Juliet Harris of Together told the Committee that it was broadly support Part 2:
We see it as a way of addressing systemic children's rights issues at a primary legislation level, but we believe that there need to be improves safeguards to ensure that children and young people still get children friendly access to justice in relation to the changes that hav...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
In an SAC [special area of conservation] open habitats that has no woodland features you can get into some strange conversations about how to make that happen.
They further highlighted that a model has been developed over the past 3 years which is "ready to go - on a voluntary basis - and doesn't require a statutory underpinning to get it up and running".
They reiterated concerns that the regulation-making process risked further delaying progress on fair work in the social care sector:
We don't need the legislatio...
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
It is less straightforward to measure unmet need in the community. If we could get that fixed, that would help us with early intervention and prevention and mean that money was spent more efficiently6Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. (2024).
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We see continually that autistic children and young people are forced to “fail” in mainstream settings before any other option or support is offered, and families are still forced to fight the system to get that support, with many being forced into legal action and having to engage a solicitor before a solution is f...
During the Committee's meeting on 21 March 2023, Kate Joester from Living Streets Scotland said:
Everyday walking is one of the things that have the potential to be absolutely transformational, in the sense that it can move a huge number of people from a position of not being sufficiently active to get the mental and physical health benefits to a position o...
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
When we took evidence from Panel members, Paul MacDonald explained the thinking behind recommendation 5:
“We found that the systems of engagement had become quite rigid, and we identified multiple groups that are outwith those systems. There are people who are not getting involved. They have an opinion but they are not involved in community groups.”
In addition, she considered it critical that Ministers accept that, sometimes, they will get “information about something that they have absolutely wanted to do that shows that it is just not doable, for all the good reasons that are set out in front of them.”13Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2023, May 16).
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The pathways ensure that patients can get personalised assessment and treatment for their needs and that care is provided as close to home as possible.