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The second question is, that amendment S3M-739.1, in the name of Des McNulty, which seeks to amend motion S3M-739, in the name of Michael Russell, on the environment, be agreed to.
The first question is, that amendment S3M-93.2, in the name of Des McNulty, which seeks to amend motion S3M-93, in the name of Stewart Stevenson, on the abolition of bridge tolls, be agreed to.
Equally, if the boards do not do what is suggested and they are hearing concerns and getting complaints, they can say that the new system is not about making complaints—as in the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011—but about expressing concerns and comments and involving patients.
I think that it is— So the directors of HR and finance would be yours, and the SPA would be—to use your expression—the intelligent customer. I am being naughty, but I mean that the balance would shift.
I can give you an example of how, with complaints, using that different lens of rights gives the same outcome but a different way of expressing it. I have used this example before.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
Jatin Haria, Executive Director of the Coalition for Racial Equality Rights, expressed this concern about an emphasis on process over outcomes:
The point of the public sector equality duty was to change people’s lives, but that change has been missing.
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The Scots Leid Associe expressed doubts about a Scots Board, questioning who would choose the members.12Scots Leid Associe. (2024, March).
Committee reports
Date published:
14 September 2023
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Creative Scotland expressed concern that “the pressure on local authority services due to constrained budgets, rising costs of living and non-statutory nature of some cultural services has seen threats to arts development, as well as library and museum services, and an overall reduction in the provision of grant funding and special...