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The Scottish Government stated that the Equality Act 2010 was sufficient to protect renters who require accessibility adaptations, while Maggie Chapman MSP expressed the concern that in practice these provisions were very difficult to uphold.
The Committee shares the concerns that the Minister's letter expressed in relation to the timetabling of the Bill and the impact of that timetabling on the time available for the Committee to consider the LCM.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 February 2025
The recommendation also noted our reservations in relation to clause 6, where the Scottish Government had received assurances that they would be consulted before the order-making power in that clause was used in a way that affected devolved competence, but this had not been set out on the face of the Bill. But we also expressed our dissatisfaction with the ...
Wildfish told the Committee that “when you run fish through physical treatments, you have welfare issues and you also weaken the fish and put compromised fish back into the water, which contributes to rising mortality”. Professor Sneddon also expressed concerns about the impact of Thermolicers and said use of the treatment had shown to subject fish to cond...
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However, others, including the RSE, expressed concern regarding “the rising cost of social security spending and the sustainability of this with the pressure on public finances”.6Royal Society of Edinburgh. (2024).
Sections 4(5)(a) and 6(6)(a) which give Scottish Ministers the power to make regulations specifying the qualifications or experience required for doctors carrying out functions under the Bill; and section 7(2)(c) which deals with second opinions
The Scottish Government has expressed concern that these provisions may also fall within the ambit of “regulation...
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Professsor Collins expressed his view that the NPF as originally formulated a decade ago may no longer be the most effective mechanism for tackling issues that are cross-cutting in nature, such as the social determinants of health.
Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/consultation-paper/2021/12/new-deal-tenants-draft-strategy-consultation-paper/documents/new-deal-tenants-draft-strategy-consultation-paper/new-deal-tenants-draft-strategy-consultation-paper/govscot%3Adocument/new-deal-tenants-draft-strategy-consultation-paper.pdf [accessed 16 May 2024]However, some responses to the consultation expressed...
In relation to scientific expertise, Professor Ewan Macdonald, Society of Occupational Medicine, expressed that—
I think that we have enough people, but we would not replicate.
Some respondents to the Committee's call for views expressed concerns that women and girls from ethnic minority communities are under-represented in elite sport and may face discrimination and disadvantage when participating.