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Commitments
The Scottish Government made the following commitments to the Committee during the period:
the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/29); ); in relation to this instrument, the Scottish Government undertook to revise the Policy Note.
The focus of the inquiry was to:
Scrutinise the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, its anticipated outcomes and progress to date
Assess to what degree budget allocation to the Strategy and Action Plan are sufficient, and to what degree budget allocations in other areas of Government will assist or hinder its delivery
Establish to what degree the unequal distribution of deaths from suicide across different population groups are being accounted for in the Strategy and its implementation
Determine to what degree the voices of those with lived...
The Explanatory Notes state that (para 11):
In short, the offence does not apply where a person who previously lived together in the same household with the dog takes or keeps the dog.
On the role of case review panel member, the Explanatory Notes accompanying the Bill states that “the intention is that this will be a role performed by people who have valuable insights to offer but who will be able to do this alongside their everyday lives and work.”
In a written submission, Scottish Women’s Aid raised concerned on this proposal in the B...
The Bill’s Explanatory Notes state that members of Case Review Panels would be “people who have valuable insights to offer but who will be able to do this alongside their everyday lives and work”. The Policy Memorandum adds that each of the Panel chairs “will bring their own unique expertise, e.g. knowledge and experience of policing and domestic abuse or o...
During evidence, the AGS recognised the risk in future years that private sector auditor firms may not bid to carry out public sector audits due to relatively low margins for this work as “a very live issue for us as we move into the next phase of public audit”.
The Blue Badge scheme
The Blue Badge scheme supports disabled people to lead independent lives by enabling badge holders to access parking bays situated closer to where they want to go, for example, their place of employment or the shops.
The Bill's Explanatory Notes state that members of Case Review Panels would be "people who have valuable insights to offer but who will be able to do this alongside their everyday lives and work" (para 121). The Policy Memorandum adds that each of the Panel chairs "will bring their own unique expertise, e.g. knowledge and experience of policing and domestic...
In addition, since 2019, there can now be exceptions to the 15 day waiting period if the person has less than 15 days to live.
Data and Monitoring
The Act requires the Oregon Health Authority to collect information on the functioning of the Act and produce an annual report.
The Committee calls on the UK and Scottish governments to set out how they will better align the Jobcentre Plus network in Scotland with the devolved employability services, to allow them to work better together and provide better signposting to specialist organisations. The voices of lived experience must be at the heart of the formation of policy and serv...