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SPICe briefings Date published: 25 February 2025

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Patient safety

Patient safety The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland raised its concerns around patient safety Allowing patients with addiction to choose a preferred treatment option, and for them to receive that option unless deemed harmful by a medical professional could result in worsened patient outcomes.

Last updated: 29 October 2024

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Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the response from the Member-in-charge to points raised on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 8.

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 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.

Official Report Meeting date: 11 March 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 11 March 2025

The committee’s next formal meeting will be on Tuesday 18 March, when we will begin taking oral evidence on 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 - Legislative framework for public health threats

(Scotland) Act 2008. The Committee considered how the temporary provisions in Schedule 19 of the Coronavirus Act compare to the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and Part 1, Chapter 1 of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill.

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 November 2025

SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - July 2023 to June 2024 - United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Reconsideration Stage

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Reconsideration Stage Bill Number: SP Bill 80 Introduced on: 1 September 2020 Introduced by: John Swinney MSP (Government Bill) Passed: 16 March 2021 Royal Assent: 16 January 2024 Passage of the Bill The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 80) was introduced on 1 September 2020 (Session 5) (UNCRC Bill).

SPICe briefings Date published: 4 November 2025

Lived experience in the Scottish Parliament: three case studies - An additional source of evidence

The report notes that one of the issues raised by people with lived experience of drug/alcohol addiction was concern about the medical model that underpins the approach proposed in the Bill and the reliance on GPs, who may lack expertise, to make recommendations about treatment.

Last updated: 27 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 3 and the evidence heard at its last meeting. 6.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 February 2026

Meeting of the Parliament 26 February 2026 [Draft]

I call Sue Webber to close on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives.16:39 Thank you, Presiding Officer—I thought that you had forgotten about me.Under the SNP, Scotland’s prisons have become warehouses for addiction.

Committee reports Date published: 7 July 2022

Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the first quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2021-21

Other business Summary Although the focus of this report is primarily on the Committee’s activities in relation to its scrutiny of instruments, the following section briefly outlines the Committee’s activity in respect to other matters. Bills The Committee published one report on the following Bill at Stage 1— Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandums (LCMs) Three LCMs were considered during this reporting period— Environment Bill (UK Parliament legislation) Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill Professional Qualifications Bill Annex A – Reporting grounds: 13 May to 22 September 2021 General Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/277) COVID-19 Recovery Committee Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 17) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/301) COVID-19 Recovery Committee Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/249) Social Justice and Social Security Committee (j) - failure to comply with laying requirements Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2021(SSI 2021/236) COVID-19 Recovery Committee National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/241) Health, Sport and Social Care Committee Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/274) Health, Sport and Social Care Committee (g) - the way the enabling powers have been used is unusual or unexpected Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Register of Child Interview Rights Practitioners) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/233) Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Order 2021 (SSI 2021/314 (C. 21)) Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (h) - the form or meaning of the SSI could be clearer Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/277) COVID-19 Recovery Committee Outstanding Scottish Government commitments from this quarter There is one outstanding commitment from this quarter.