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12 January 2022
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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed, 16 March 2021 Following a reference under section 33 of the Scotland Act 1998 by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, the Supreme Court has ruled that some provisions of the Bill are outwith the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 September 2023
Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Social Justice and Social Security Committee (Joint Meeting) 26 September 2023
If you speak to people in most treatment services and recovery communities across Scotland, they will give you examples of how they have been stigmatised.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 April 2024
Meeting of the Parliament 17 April 2024
If the SNP ever wants to get a grip, people suffering from dependence should have the right to access treatment and rehabilitation via our proposed right to recovery bill.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
28 February 2024
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill - Summary
Summary
The Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, a Scottish Government Bill, was introduced on 31 October 2023.
Committees
Date published:
10 May 2017
Healthcare in Prisons - Annexe C
This report was premised on the knowledge that prison can provide an opportunity, through education, to support prisoners to address their addiction habits prior to their release.
2.1 The workstream made a number of recommendations that are now embedded across Boards in Scotland.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
9 April 2018
Social Security (Scotland) Bill: Consideration prior to Stage 3 - Annexe 1 - Committee recommendations at Stage 1 and Scottish Government responses
Stage 1 Report on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill: Scottish Government Response.
Last updated:
14 February 2023
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The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendments S6M-01761.2 Sue Webber: A Person Centred Approach to Mental Health and Substance Abuse—As an amendment to motion S6M-01761 in the name of Angela Constance (A Person Centred Approach to Mental Health and Substance Abuse), insert at end “; notes that people cannot easily get access to the vital mental health or addiction treatment that they need; recognises that Scotland went into this pandemic with a pre-existing mental health crisis, with people seeking mental health treatment being forced to wait far too long for help; believes that progress in the rehabilitation and treatment of addiction in Scotland has been too slow, and calls for a legal right to recovery to tackle Scotland’s ongoing drug deaths crisis.”
Last updated:
26 October 2021
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The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendments S6M-01761.2 Sue Webber: A Person Centred Approach to Mental Health and Substance Abuse—As an amendment to motion S6M-01761 in the name of Angela Constance (A Person Centred Approach to Mental Health and Substance Abuse), insert at end “; notes that people cannot easily get access to the vital mental health or addiction treatment that they need; recognises that Scotland went into this pandemic with a pre-existing mental health crisis, with people seeking mental health treatment being forced to wait far too long for help; believes that progress in the rehabilitation and treatment of addiction in Scotland has been too slow, and calls for a legal right to recovery to tackle Scotland’s ongoing drug deaths crisis.”
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2025
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - People's panel on reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use
It made 19 recommendations:
The Human Rights Bill needs to be passed by Parliament before the Parliamentary session ends and should incorporate the Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use (published December 11, 2024).
Last updated:
8 February 2022
Chamber_Minutes_20220202
Designation of Lead Committee: The Minister for Parliamentary Business (George Adam), on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S6M-03035—That the Parliament agrees that the COVID-19 Recovery Committee be designated as the lead committee, and that the Criminal Justice Committee and Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee be designated as secondary committees, in consideration of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.
