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8 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 2. 4.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 November 2025
Lived experience in the Scottish Parliament: three case studies - Influencing amendments
As such, amendments were described as a way to achieve this, using the insights of people with lived experience of drug/alcohol addiction to inform changes that will ensure that Bills are "compatible and viable for those who we're trying to help".
Committee reports
Date published:
1 April 2022
Stage 1 Report on Part 2 of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
Introduction
The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") was introduced by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery on 25 January 2022.
Last updated:
14 February 2023
Chamber_Minutes_20211026
Sue Webber moved amendment S6M-01761.2— 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.”
Committees
Published:
22 February 2022
Scottish Police Federation - Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
Scottish Police Federation Coronavirus Recovery and Reform Scotland Bill.
Letter from the Scottish Police Federation regarding the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Consultation.
Committees
Published:
17 February 2022
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Scrutiny
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Scrutiny.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Stage 1 report: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Issues raised in the Call for Views
Most organisations in favour of the Bill tended to focus on treatment options, recovery, lived experience, timescales and harm reduction - whereas those organisations who disagreed with the Bill tended to focus more on human rights, men...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 January 2022
Stage 1 Report on The Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Background to the Bill
The Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 15 November 2021 by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery (DFM).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
25 February 2025
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Rural services
Falkirk ADP reflected that access to addiction services varies widely across Scotland, with rural areas lacking sufficient facilities and more densely populated areas experiencing high demand.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Stage 1 Report on Housing (Scotland) Bill: Part 5 (homelessness prevention) and Part 6 (other housing matters - fuel poverty) - Acting sooner to prevent homelessness
Acting sooner to prevent homelessness
The Bill proposes to extend the time in which someone is considered threatened with homelessness from two months to six months.Scottish Parliament's Information Centre research briefing on the Housing (Scotland) Bill
Section 41 of the Bill proposes to amend the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 Act to provide that a person is threatened with homelessness if it is likely that the person will become homeless within six months.Scottish Parliament's Information Centre research briefing on the Housing (Scotland) Bill The Policy Memorandum states–
The additional time will allow for considerations of household need and preference in a way that crisis response cannot.
