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Official Report
Meeting date:
4 September 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 04 September 2025
If the Government is serious about reducing deaths, it must back the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, which would guarantee access to residential rehab and life-saving treatment.
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 March 2022
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 16 March 2022
That is a shocking situation to be in. I say to Gillian Martin that our right to recovery bill would cover those who are in prison, because they have just as much of a right to recovery as anyon...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 February 2024
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - May 2021 to June 2023 - Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill
Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill
Bill Number: SP 11
Introduced on: 7 February 2022
Introduced by: John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
Passed: 9 June 2022
Royal Assent: 19 July 2022
Passage of the Bill
The Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 9 June 2022.
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 September 2025
Criminal Justice Committee 24 September 2025
Individuals on remand have access to addictions healthcare in prisons, which is different from recovery cafes and engagement with the recovery movement.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 March 2021
Stage 1 Report on the Travelling Funfairs (Licensing) (Scotland) Bill - Conclusions and recommendations
The evidence we’ve received highlights very real barriers to putting on travelling funfairs, which are an important part of Scotland’s culture. However, we have not had time to fully investigate the issues at stake, and our concerns about the specific proposals contained in the Bill are highlighted in the paragraph a...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 January 2026
Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons - Peer and lived-experience roles
Peer and lived-experience roles
Witnesses repeatedly underlined the value of peer workers in promoting engagement with treatment and recovery. Individuals with lived experience of addiction can bridge trust gaps between prisoners and professionals, particularly prison staffiScottish Recovery Consortium.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 September 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 12 September 2023
Annemarie Ward of drugs charity Faces & Voices of Recovery UK—Favour UK—has said that safe consumption rooms need to be underpinned by vital access to prescription programmes, detoxification and rehabilitation services, as laid out in the right to addiction recovery (Scotland) bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 April 2022
Stage 1 Report on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - Discretion on the format of meetings
Discretion on the format of meetings
The bankruptcy provisions allow meetings of creditors to take place remotely and the SPICe briefing on the Bill explains that it would be up to the person responsible for calling the meeting to decide what was most convenient to the majority of creditors.SPICe Briefing SB 22-13 Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: health, education, public Services and housing, page 16.
News
Published:
4 April 2022
MSPs back temporary Coronavirus changes to justice system, but recommend some improvements
The Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee has set out its views on the proposed extension of temporary changes to the justice system in the Scottish Government’s Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Bill.
Read the report: Stage 1 Report to the COVID-19 Recovery Committee on the justice provisions in the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 August 2021
Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill - Alternative approaches
Policy Memorandum to the Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill as introduced. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/carers-allowance-supplement-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum-accessible-version.pdf [accessed 8 July 2021]In particular:
under the Agency Agreement, the Scottish Government cannot introduce different rules for Carer’s Allowance in Scotland
a new form of Carer’s Assistance or Short Term Assistance would take time and resource to develop.
