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A written request provides authorities with a clear and easily transferable record of requests.Amendments 24, 26 and 27 would provide an authority with a record of the request, albeit in an alternative format.
I indicated earlier that the SNP is inclined to support the Sewel motion in this case because there is a transfer of powers, albeit a modest transfer of powers that are largely technical in nature.
Under local government reorganisation, everyone was transferring to different bodies, whereas in this case everyone is transferring to one body—it is not an analogous situation.
The draft Mental Health (Cross-border transfer: patients subject to detention requirement or otherwise in hospital) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 relate to detained patients who are to be transferred to a hospital in another part of the UK.
It is a disgrace that people are waiting for patients to die for beds to be freed up. It is also no wonder that multiple transfers are being made between wards and departments.