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Whilst this right is protected under international law, “housing is not explicitly recognised as a human right in Scotland, though some legislation protects certain aspects of what the right entails.”
Consideration might also be taken into account, for example, whether the ending of a tenancy during or around any a period of religious observance or traditional festive period might cause the tenant or a member of the tenant's household to experience financial hardship or have a detrimental effect on the individual’s health.4Scottish Government. (2024, March). Housing (Scotland) Bill Explanatory Notes. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/housing-scotland-bill/introduction/explanatory-notes-accessible.pdf
This duty to consider a delay does not apply where an eviction is based on certain eviction grounds.
The partnership with the Parliament’s think-tank Scotland’s Futures Forum continued with both teams collaborating on several events and Futures Forum Board Members Maggie Chapman MSP and Brian Whittle MSP chairing two events.
In its evidence to the Committee, the Law Society of Scotland said that the involvement of solicitors in the Children’s Hearing system is "limited but essential to ensuring that the hearings are fair tribunals in accordance with rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child."3Law Society of Scotland. (2017).
The Committee was not assigned any formal role in relation to scrutiny of this LCM. However, the Bill has a potentially significant impact on environmental law in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that there is collaboration between the justice and health sectors to help address drug addiction issues, and what analysis it has carried out of the effectiveness of this.