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In October 2020 the UK and Scottish Government agreed that a new implementation date will be established as part of the review of the Scottish Government’s Fiscal Framework.
We held pre-budget evidence sessions as follows to help inform our scrutiny—
Date of MeetingAttendees11 August 2020NHS Scotland
Department of Health and Social Care
25 August 2020The Care Inspectorate
1 September 2020NHS Ayrshire and Arran
8 September 2020Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership
East Ayrshire He...
To further inform our consideration of the provisional Framework we held the following evidence sessions—
Date of MeetingAttendees19 January 2021The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen (representing SEFARI - Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes)
Food and Drink Federation Scotland
26 January 2021Minister...
To inform our consideration of the provisional Framework we held the following evidence sessions—
Date of MeetingAttendees1 December 2020Food and Drink Federation Scotland
Nourish Scotland
The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen
The Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland
8 December 2020Minister for Public ...
The Committee considered the delegated powers in the Bill at Stage 1 in light of the Scottish Government’s Delegated Powers Memorandum. The Committee’s Stage 1 report dated 25 September 2020 made a number of recommendations in relation to the delegated powers in the following sections of the Bill:
Section 1(1) – Power to make provision corresponding to EU l...
The Committee therefore recommends that the eligibility date for next of kin payments should be aligned with eligibility for the rest of the redress scheme.
It notes that:
In many cases, it will be impossible to attribute or apportion the NHS treatment to individual causes for the purpose of the Bill....The treatment of individuals with industrial disease is by no means as straightforward as it can be for accident victims where there is a clear date upon which the injury occurs and clear evidence of the injury...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2020
The purpose of the provisions is to ensure that the application of the Bill is non-retrospective and that an industrial employer’s liability (to repay NHS charges) only relates to that part of the period during which the employer exposed the worker to harmful events which was after the date on which the core provisions of the Bill came into force.