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The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland commented on the possible impact of the Bill on health inequalities:
introducing a legal right to treatment could unintentionally exacerbate health inequalities.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Notes of fact-finding visits and engagement activity
On 18 February 2025, the Committee undertook informal engagement with people with lived experience of recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction as part of its scrutiny at Stage 1 of the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Executive summary
This report sets out the findings of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s scrutiny of the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
As part of its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill, on 18 February 2025, the Committee undertook informal engagement with people with lived experience of recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction.
Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill
The examples of the experiences of committee members involved in this process illustrated the importance of new perspectives in the scrutiny process.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
A summary of responses to the Member's consultation was published along with a final proposal on 30 May 2022.
Douglas Ross MSP introduced the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill in the Sc...
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Delegated powers in the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Delegated powers in the Right to AddictionRecovery (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
Right to recovery
The Bill seeks to give people diagnosed as having a drug or alcohol addiction, by a relevant professional, a right to receive a treatment determination and be provided with tre...