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If the policy decision-making process is to activate or give effect to the political commitments in the programme for government to becoming a “Caring” nation, a “Land of Opportunity” and “An Economy that works for all” and to ensuring that people live better, it has to start with valuing and investing in care.
I am aware that she has made an application for legal aid assistance to take forward—forgive me. She has approached ministers to take the steps that are necessary to ensure that her case can be pursued as a private prosecution, and the issue is being considered by the Government.
—Written Answers, 28 May 2024; S6W-27895. Perhaps that might assist with the petition. I shall not wander round the room asking for party contributions, but I thank Clare Haughey for advising the committee of that.
Will the cabinet secretary give details on what assistance the Scottish Government is giving the health board to ensure that patients and staff are aware of potential risks and the actions that they might need to take to protect themselves?
However, the fact that the European Union is pursuing a similar legislative solution leaves us as a bit of an outlier and potentially open as the source of comfort to those whom we least want to potentially assist. Moreover, I take Mr Ewing’s point that it is one thing for the Scottish Government to assert that the 2021 legislation will have dealt with mat...