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To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish its next mental health strategy; what time period it will apply to, and for what reason it chose this period.
It might have to be after the summer recess but, whenever there is a slot, the committee can be assured that I will argue for it at the Conveners Group.
The Government has said that it remains committed to the roll-out but, given the uncertainties around Covid-19, it is not yet in a position to set a date. We have not gone back and done the audit work to look at what is happening at a local level, but there might be two impacts.
Some of the disadvantages are that memories can fade over time, there might be confusion about dates and facts, and some documents might not be available any more.
Paragraph 21 of the Scottish Government report mentions the deferral of ADT until issues “can be resolved”, but the report does not say what progress has been made on resolving the issues, nor does it say whether an estimated date for ADT is available. Can you provide information on that?
Assuming that not all the new posts will be filled on 1 April 2018, can you confirm that the total additional funding assumes phased start dates for the new staff? Yes, chair. It is worth unpicking the people and the movements behind the numbers.
The purpose of the counter-corruption unit, when it was originally conceived, did not come from an internal corruption or professional standards thought process. I was part of the process, which dates back to a time before Police Scotland was even envisaged.
But you are doing so based on data that seems to me to be rather out of date. Sheriff Principal Taylor did not think that a compensation culture of the kind that he thought existed in England existed in Scotland.
I concede that I have not read beyond the headlines and I am not up to date on what it is really all about, so it would be useful to hear your perspective on LBTT.