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The rights set out in the Charter of Rights for people affected by substance use are:
Right to life
Right to the highest attainable standard of mental and physical health
Right to an adequate standard of living
Right to private and family life
Right to a healthy environment
Freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
Freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention.
Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. 7. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
Overview of the Bill
The Scottish Government's Policy MemorandumPolicy Memorandum. states that the Bill's main policy objective is to enhance the Scottish system of social security in line with the principles laid out in the 2018 Act.
Overview of the Bill
The Scottish Government Bill was introduced by John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery on 7 February 2022.
Throughout our oral evidence sessions, witnesses including CAS, Rights Advice Scotland and the Scottish Association of Law Centres, queried whether the bill's provisions on the creation of offences reflected the Scottish Government's policy intention.
Scottish Police Federation Coronavirus Recovery and Reform ScotlandBill.
Letter from the Scottish Police Federation regarding the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Consultation.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2018
The Scottish Government requested that the Bill make consequential changes to the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and the Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2011.
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Keith Gardner from Community Justice Scotland commented that he supported section 1 of the Bill because it will allow for professional social work input at the right time in the process.