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To keep work in this area moving, it would be helpful to have any comments by the Committee on the draft policy paper by 6 October 2025. My officials and I are, of course, happy to discuss with the Committee.
Victim survivors are entitled to a 13- week break from work-related requirements (provided certain conditions are met). This break can be extended to 26 weeks if they are the main carer of a child under16.
Clause 37(3) requires regulations made by Scottish Ministers under this clause to ensure that members include officials from trade unions that represent the interests of social care workers as well as employers representing the interests of such workers.
The Committee was copied into a letter to the Minister from the Convener of the EMB dated 28 May 2024, on matters the Scottish 26 to 30 Government plans to address via secondary legislation.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.hmics.scot/sites/default/files/publications/HMICS20190926PUB.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hmics.scot/sites/default/files/publications/HMICS20190926PUB.pdf</a> on its Thematic Inspection of the Scottish Police Authority.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
10 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plan it has put in place to ensure that no patient waits beyond 26 weeks for ophthalmology treatment by the end of 2031, and what interim milestones it has set for this specialty.