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To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that patients suffering from terminal illnesses are able to die at home if they choose to. It is our policy to supportthe development of specialist palliative care, including at home, whereappropriate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2006
Figures are given in the following table: Numbers of Sewel/Legislative Consent Motions Passed Session 1 12 May 1999 – 11 May 2000 7 12 May 2000 – 11 May 2001 16 12 May 2001 – 11 May 2002 7 12 May 2002 – 31 March 2003 9 Total Session 1 39 Session 2 7 May 2003 -6 May 2004 13 7 May 2004– 6 May 2005 9 7 May 2005 – to date 6 Total Session 2 28 Total to date 67 Further information can be found in these SPICe Factsheets, which are available on the Parliament’s website: Sewel Motions: Session 1:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/factsheets/documents/SewelMotionsSession1.pdf.Sewel Motions/LCM: Session 2: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/factsheets/documents/SewelMotionsandLegislativeConsentMotionsSession2.pdf.
Paragraph 9 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee's 13th report of 2006 refers only to rule 7(2), whereas Adam Ingram's concern is about rule 7(1).We have time to defer the decision to next week.
The question arises, if they have permission to do that under the order, what happens if they die? In this case, the person is Mrs Jane Hardman or Grant.
How can we ensure that, while there is no abuse of the system, carers' rights are protected when the people for whom they care die? It is not always easy to predict when somebody is going to die or move into care, so it would be quite difficult to abuse the system deliberately.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2002
WRAP has established a Business Development Service which aims to assist businesses which sell, buy, process or collect recycled glass, paper, wood or plastic to attract finance and investment.