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Devolution (Further Powers) Committee 04 February 2016 Devolution (Further Powers) Committee 04 February 2016Scotland Bill and the Crown Estate ScotlandBill and the Crown Estate I welcome members to the fifth meeting in 2016 of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee.
The question is, that motion S5M-20514, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill at stage 3, be agreed to. As this is a final vote on a bill at stage 3, we will move straight to a division.
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 2 As members will recall, the committee agreed its report on the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2 at last week’s meeting.
The Scottish Youth Parliament, as most of you are aware, is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. We have a unique democratic mandate to represent the views of young people aged 12 to 25 across Scotland.
Will the minister be bold, deal with those vested interests and empower rural and urban communities in the bill? I am sure that the member appreciates that I cannot set out today the exact measures that will be introduced in the bill.
Drug and Alcohol Services To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government has taken in light of the Audit Scotland report, "Drug and alcohol services in Scotland".
The recent publication of the Scottish Languages Bill was very welcome. Can the cabinet secretary indicate which of the report’s recommendations may intersect with the provisions in the new bill—for example, the potential for the creation of Gaelic economic zones or additional support for entrepreneurs in designated ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2020
On the 8th of October we published Scotland’s Mental Health Transition and Recovery Plan which outlines the Scottish Government’s full response to the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
My second question leads on from what Mary Scanlon said about NRAC. In Audit Scotland’s financial management review, which came out in May 2015, there is a slightly alarming statement in paragraph 34.