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Funding for the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit for 2025-26 has not been reduced.The Scottish Government grant to the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit has been increased from £1.17 million in 2024-25 to just over £1.2 million for 2025-26.
First, as somebody who graduated with a degree in philosophy 26 years ago, I say thank you very much to Kayla-Megan Burns for validating my educational choices.
(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 15 June 2021)
Convener:
Gillian Martin (SNP) (until 11 April 2023)
Clare Haughey (SNP) (from 25 April 2023)
Deputy Convener:
Paul O’Kane (Lab) (until 25 April 2023)
Paul Sweeney (Lab) (from 2 May 2023)
Membership: The committee has 10 members
Committee meetingsThere were 37 meetings in the parliamentary yearNumberTotal meetings of the Committee37Meetings held wholly in private4Meetings held partly in private31Joint meetings with other Committees2Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings20Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Stephanie CallaghanSNP32 (37)Sandesh GulhaneCon35 (37)Emma HarperSNP33 (37)Claire Haughey (from 18 April 2023)SNP1 (2)Gillian MackayGreen37 (37)Gillian Martin (until 11 April 2023)SNP30 (33)Carol Mochan (until 19 January 2023); (from 25 April 2023)Lab24 (25)Paul O’Kane (until 25 April 2023)Lab34 (35)Paul Sweeney (from 19 January 2023)Lab12 (14)David TorranceSNP28 (37)Evelyn TweedSNP34 (37)Sue Webber (until 25 May 2023)Con7 (7)Tess White (from 25 May 2022)Con31 (34)Substitute membersSubstitute membersPartyNumber of meetings attendedJackie BaillieLab0James Dornan (from 21 September 2022)SNP9Russell Findlay (until 8 September 2022)Con0Marie McNair (until 21 September 2022)SNP0Sue Webber (from 8 September 2022)Con0Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Alex Bruce
Advisers: None
Visits...
The new order allows for the consideration of lower-tariff offences that have become spent to be included in an application for a new behavioural order, where appropriate.
New General Practitioner Contract (Consultation with People in Remote and Rural Areas) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to consult people in remote and rural areas on the impact of the new GP contract.
That is alarming. It is very alarming. The new health and care standards have come in, but Anne’s law is very limited: it is about the right to visit during an outbreak.
This allows New 1 https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-and-canada-lay-foundations-free-movement-architects- 2022-03-21_en 2 https://www.frc.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/09/uk-and-new-zea...