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There have been previous attempts to introduce Members' bills on palliative care, including a proposal last year from Miles Briggs MSP for a Right to Palliative Care (Scotland) Bill but, to date, none of these attempts have progressed i...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the consultation process will begin on the proposed Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill. The Scottish Government has committed to introducing a Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill to ensure that the rights of...
We will protect the £41 million investment that we are making in the Scottish welfare fund, which will deliver support right across Scotland, which is on top of the continuing investment in discretionary housing payments—which mitigate the bedroom tax—and a number of other measures.
I am just trying to get my brain around whether that is right. Are you comfortable that it is right that those companies that abide by the scheme and do everything that they should do pick up the can for those that do not?
The Scottish Refugee Council warmly welcomes the bill, which marks the culmination of leadership from Scotland’s human rights community, a number of politicians and now the Parliament and Government.
Given that Scotland’s constitutional future is a matter for the people of Scotland, it is problematic that no established mechanism exists for ensuring that, in appropriate circumstances, the wishes of the people of Scotland can be expressed.
Ministear airson Slàinte Phoblach is Slàinte Bhoireannach Jenni Minto BPA Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health Jenni Minto MSP T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Karen Adam MSP Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee [email protected] ___ 17 July 2024 Dear Karen, Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee findings on Scotland’s HIV anti- stigma campaign and achieving zero transmissions by 2030 Thank you for your letter of 8 May 2024 setting out the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s findings following recent evidence sessions examining Scotland’s HIV anti-stigma campaign and achieving zero new transmissions by 2030.
The Public Petitions Committee received evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including Barnardo’s Scotland, st NSPCC Scotland, the Care Inspectorate, Shelter Scotland, Children 1 and academics.