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As of 31 March 2025, all health boards (with the exception of NHS Tayside, who were not accepting new referrals) had established neurodevelopmental pathways for children who didn't meet the criteria for referral to CAMHS.
Stage 2 included the agreement of an amendment which inserted a new section in the Bill introducing mandatory requirements for the ongoing vetting of police officers and staff through a Vetting Code of Practice, a failure of which could result in demotion or dismissal.
This was highlighted by the NZET Committee in a recent report, who noted that a new CCP "is certainly needed in order to provide a reset on our net zero ambitions, with an improved focus on delivery", and that it will "fall to the government in power after the next election in May 2026 to implement the Plan".
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
The Committee agreed—
to issue a call for views, and to delegate sign-off of the accompanying news release to the Convener; to invite the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament to give oral evidence, and to consider other invitees at a future meeting; that late submissions will be published as correspondence ...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Issues with existing system
Despite the warm welcome for the extension to aftercare from many stakeholders, the Committee heard a number of concerns about how the new aftercare provisions would operate in practice, with Jo Derrick of Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum stating that, at present, "we have to acknowledge that aftercare is not working as ...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2025
A number of witnesses, including the SHRC, highlighted to the Committee that if a public authority acts incompatibly with the UNCRC when implementing the new process created by Part 1, it would not be possible to challenge this through the courts.
Reviews of regulation across the UK
Concerns about the lack of regulation in the industry are not new and the development of greater regulation dates back to the commissioning of the Keogh Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions1UK Government. (2013).
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As part of our pre-budget scrutiny last year, the Committee asked the Scottish Government to consider and report back on the potential benefits, risks and costs of introducing a new category of public expenditure on preventative spend, which we were told establishes a benchmark and enables investment to be tracked over time.
It went on to note “clear contradictions, a re-hashing of existing policy commitments and in many instances where they point to new policy, there is a clear lack of detail to when and how this will be progressed and implemented in practice”.4Scottish Parliament, Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2025, August).