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Opportunities for further work and influence may include:
Reviewing the focus and Committee plans for engagement in COP26 (examining how parliaments can contribute to solutions to the climate crisis and effectively hold governments to account);
Engaging with parliamentary committees within the Scottish Parliament on a joint approach;
Engaging with parliamentary committees across the UK on a joint and co-ordinated...
The Explanatory Notes to the Bill state that the power will allow the UK Government/Scottish Ministers “to reflect its preferred policy if no agreement is reached with the EU on social security co-ordination matters, or alternatively, to make changes to the regime covering those persons who fall outside the scope of any agreement that is made.”iiExplanatory...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2018
Justice Committee consideration
At its round-table evidence session on 26 June 2018, the Committee heard from:
Tim Haddow, Advocate and Former Co-ordinator, Campaign for Fair Access to the Legal Profession;
Lord Eassie, Convenor, Joint Standing Committee for Legal Education in Scotland;
Rob Marrs, Head of Education, Law Society of Scotland;
Julie Brannan,...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 November 2023
These agencies, empowered by the Scottish Government, work in a concerted and co-ordinated way with local people to co-ordinate activities to tackle the problem of anti-social behaviour in communities.
This pathway will be accessed via an individual's GP in line with SIGN guidelines to deliver an accessible point of access for assessment, support and co-ordination. ➢ At present, people can be supported by national NHS Inform self-management and the Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland advice line as well as local services already established across within the c...
Right now, we could say, “This co-ordinated support plan was not put in place”—actually, given the statistics, we would be more likely to say, “There was no co-ordinated support plan.”
Future work – discussion on potential topics for next Parliament term Potential topics discussed were: • further engagement with parents on kindergarten stage proposals • look at Co-ordinated Support Plans and issues with lack of consistency across local authorities and how they can be improved • consider hosting an in-person event in Parliament to encourag...