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Scottish Dental Practice Board Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/346) The third negative instrument will amend the existing 1997 regulations to make new provision in relation to membership of the Scottish Dental Practice Board by changing the constitution of the board and making changes to current membership requirements.
In all three cases, the committees were content for the Scottish Government to give its consent for United Kingdom ministers to lay the regulations in the UK Parliament. The proposed new regulations are required because of a European Commission implementing decision that has now come into force.
Northern Isles Ferries Contract Transport Scotland officials reportedly told those at a meeting in Shetland earlier this week that the Government can no longer guarantee that the new northern isles ferries contract will be in place by the end of October as previously promised.
Under agenda item 1, I invite declarations of interests from our new committee members. I thank Johann Lamont and Oliver Mundell, who have now left the committee, for their contributions to the committee’s work over the past few years.
We will implement the majority of Lord Bonomy’s recommendations and introduce a new limit, so that no more than two dogs can be used to find or flush foxes.
Carers Allowance Supplement Will the First Minister update Parliament on the payments of Scotland’s new carers allowance supplement? How many payments have now been made, and how will that financial support help carers and their families?
I would also like to take the opportunity to welcome Professor Tom Mullen as our new constitutional issues adviser, and I look forward to his attending committee meetings in future.
I will suspend the meeting for a few moments to allow members to change seats and new guests to arrive in the public gallery. 17:16 Meeting suspended. 17:17 On resuming—
Pain Relief Services (NHS Ayrshire and Arran) As the First Minister might be aware, pain relief services in NHS Ayrshire and Arran have been failing, with only 6 per cent of new patients being seen within the waiting time targets.