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At a later point, perhaps in October or November, you would have that first stage of consideration under your belt and you would be better able to target precisely what support we are asking for— That is helpful because it allows us to think of having our last meeting on the subject in June and a further meeting soon after our return from the summer recess....
If possible, I would like to programme them in before the Christmas recess. For obvious reasons, I am reluctant to tie us down to those dates too tightly.
Quite a lot of work has been done on them over the recess; after all, given that the implementation date for the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is 5 October, the orders need to be in a reasonable state.No points that I can see arise on the draft order.
The two governments have jointly committed almost £3.5 billion to them to Scotland's six Deals. The first - Glasgow - dates from 2014 and the latest - Tay Cities (Dundee and Perth) - dates from 2020. iOther parts of Scotland have island or growth deals.
The Scottish Prison Service may aim for women to be free of drugs, or for drug use to be stabilised in prison, but it is evident that, to date, that has been no more than an aspiration.