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A lesson that we have learned from the winter is that, if we want to get traction, we need to slow down. Sometimes, when the wheels are spinning fast, all that we get is wheel spin, not forward motion.
Are you leaving us to draw our own conclusions from the Scottish Government’s published paperwork? Woe betide the minister who gets in the way of the committee trying to get to the truth.
Another question related to obstacles: what gets in the way of the identification of children and adolescents who have mental health problems, and can those obstacles be overcome?
A more participatory approach to setting journalistic agendas which may involve members of the public getting involved in identifying topics of importance and moving away from a narrow range of sources (business people, politicians, media personnel) to those with expertise and experience of all areas of public life.
Linda Pollock also told the Committee that SPS has been working closely with Upside and other partners, to look at pre-release planning particularly in relation to housing, support to ensure individuals get their medication, support to meet them at the gate on leaving prison and voluntary throughcare support.
PTL) SAF as soon as realistically possible. Witnesses said that not getting the balance of government support right (and investing too heavily at the outset in first or second-generation SAF could risk creating stranded assets as PTL hopefully came into more mainstream use.
They describe the targets as "deliverable" but that "getting to Net Zero by 2045 will require immediate action, at pace and scale" 1Climate Change Committee. (2025, May).
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Advocacy needs to be relationships-based and trauma informed;
Care experienced people should not only have the right to an advocate, but there should be an obligation for people to let them know that they have that right;
Advocacy should be life-long so that, even when you are an adult, you know where to go to get your needs met.viScottish Parliament. (2025...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
Professor Napier further highlighted examples of Deaf women being offered “safe houses” like other women in the same situation, “but they are then completely isolated when they get there because they cannot communicate with anyone.”1Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. (2025).