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The Bill enables a person who has been diagnosed as having a drug and/or alcohol addiction to participate in the decision-making process about their treatment and for that treatment to commence no later than three weeks from the date of the determination.
The Bill also requires the Scottish Ministers to report annually to the Parliament on progress made tow...
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Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 17 December 2024
The Committee took evidence from Liam McArthur, Member in Charge of the Bill.
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to require the police and court services to check address information is up to date when issuing court summons and allow those being summoned the chance to receive a summons if their address has changed, rather than the current system of proceeding to issue a warrant for arr...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 September 2023
In addition to this, the Committee noted that parts of the framework appeared to be "out of date or unfinished". Alongside questions on the status of the framework, international obligations, Northern Ireland considerations and the Internal Market Bill (now the UK Internal Market Act 2020), the Committee queried the role of the UK Parliament and devolved le...
In its consideration of the revised powers in the Bill, the Committee noted that during Stage 2 proceedings, the Deputy First Minister said that the consultation revisions:
...give effect to the commitment that I made to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee to examine the matter, following its suggestion that consultation with health boards should be required before regulations altering the expiry date...