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11 November 2022
SPCB 2022 Paper 67
(Scotland) Bill - Proposal for a Bill to (Scotland) Bill- Proposal for a Bill to enable people addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to access the necessary addiction treatment amend the law on the removal of parts of the human body for they require transplantation by providing for decisions to be made on behalf of a deceased adult by a proxy and by authorising removal and use in certain cases where the deceased adult has not recorded an objection.
Last updated:
6 May 2025
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K enneth Gibson MSP Convener Finance and Public Administration Committee 29 April 2025 Dear Convener, Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill – Finance and Public Administration Committee scrutiny of Financial Memorandum During my appearance before the committee on Tuesday 11 March on the Financial Memorandum accompanying my Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, I committed to providing the committee with additional information in respect of: • The estimated savings identified by Dame Carol Black in her independent report; • The estimated costs of the provisions of my Bill on social work drug and alcohol budgets; • The potential need for additional capital investment arising from the provisions of my Bill; • Any international comparisons in respect of the introduction of a right to addiction recovery; • The impact of the Audit Scotland report and the total alcohol and drug budget on the costs of my Bill. • Potential savings in the Scottish Government budget to fund the Bill commitments.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 June 2018
Prescription (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Report - Section 3: the five year rule and exceptions
These exceptions were developed through the SLC consultation process and the Policy Memorandum sets out the reasons for making these exceptions (see paragraphs 20 to 23):iSPICe Briefing: Prescription (Scotland) Bill, p. 14.
The obligation to pay taxes and duties recoverable by HMRC and Revenue Scotland are not subject to the five year prescription and this is also the position in England and Wales (paragraph 20).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 May 2022
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Annual Report 2021-22
Over the reporting period, the Committee considered and reported on 10 bills at Stage 1:
Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
Budget (Scotland) Bill
Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill
Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The Committee also considered and reported on 1 bill after Stage 2:
Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Legislative Consent Memorandums
Introduction
Legislative Consent Memorandums ('LCMs') are related to UK Parliament bills which seek to change the law or alter Scottish Ministers’ or the Scottish Parliament’s powers in relation to devolved matters.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill - Defence on grounds of reasonableness
It is necessary to permit a defence as the elements are quite far reaching, especially as the victim does not need to suffer the harm.ivWritten submission
Andrew Tickell said that he did not find the inclusion of the defence in the Bill particularly reassuring, as it would fall on the accused to prove that their behaviour had been reasonable.viiJustice Committee, Official Report, 30 May 2017, col. 12 The Law Society of Scotland said that, whilst it agreed with the defence provided for in the Bill, "we would question whether behaviour defined as including violent, threatening or intimidating behaviour can ever be reasonable".ivWritten submission
Some evidence went further, querying the basis for including the defence.ixe.g.
Last updated:
2 April 2024
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S6M-05413: Jeremy Balfour: Stories of Hope: Addiction Recovery – That the Parliament welcomes the new report published by the Evangelical Alliance and Serve Scotland, Stories of Hope: Addiction Recovery, highlighting what it sees as the extraordinary efforts that have been made by Christians in Scotland to assist and care for those in addiction and bringing to light the scope of Christian addiction recovery services across Scotland; notes the report’s findings that over a quarter of Scotland’s residential beds for addiction patients are offered by Christian groups; understands that over 2,300 individuals over the last decade have been directly supported to successfully recover from their addiction through services offered by Christian groups PB/S6/22/128 and churches across Scotland, including in the Lothian region, and notes the report’s aim in encouraging greater joined-up partnership between the Scottish Government and Christian addiction recovery support charities to successfully tackle Scotland’s drug deaths crisis.
Last updated:
12 November 2021
Registration form for the Cross-Party Group on Drug and Alcohol Misuse
Uni of Glasgow NHS Borders NHS Fife Addiction Services NHS GGC NHS Health Scotland NHS Lothian NHS Tayside NSPCC Police Scotland Rise Recovery Cafe Robert Gordon University Royal Pharmaceutical Society Salvation Army Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance Scottish Recovery Consortium Scottish Youth Parliament Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs Stirling ADP Signpost Recovery Stirling University The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Turning Point Scotland University of the West of Scotland West Lothian Drug & Alcohol Service Group Office Bearers Please provide names for all office bearers.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 May 2024
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Legislative Context
A Human Rights Bill for Scotland: consultation.
Last updated:
20 May 2025
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Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 May 2025
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 06 May 2025
At our next meeting, on Tuesday 13 May, the committee will continue its scrutiny of the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill by taking oral evidence from two panels of witnesses.
