A82 (Improvements Appraisal) | Scottish Parliament debates
An approximation of a STAG appraisal is not a full STAG appraisal, which is yet to be carried out. There has been little consultation with key local groups, and it is also not appropriate to treat this as a standard road-widening exercise, given the sensitivity of the unique qualities of the landscape in Scotland’s first […]
A82 (Improvements Appraisal) | Scottish Parliament debates
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a Scottish transport appraisal guidance appraisal of the proposed improvements to the A82 between Tarbet and Inverarnan. (S6O-02574)
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I thank the minister, the Scottish Government bill team, the Scottish Parliament legislation team and the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and its clerks for all their work on the bill. Scottish Labour has long supported the establishment of a patient safety commissioner to champion the rights of patients and to defend their interests. […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I very much welcome Tess White’s comments. I understand that the SPCB considers resources for commissioners as a matter of course each year, and those decisions are also subject to scrutiny by the Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee. Although I have sympathy with amendment 22, I do not believe that it is necessary to […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
Although I broadly support the intention behind amendments 1 and 2, I have a couple of reservations that they would pave the way to allowing past cabinet secretaries and ministers to be appointed as patient safety commissioner. I would be grateful if the minister and Emma Harper could confirm, in summing up, whether it is […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I press amendment 3. Amendment 3 agreed to.
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I look forward to being spoken about again in such terms as the minister has used—very warm they were, indeed. I welcome the engagement. You would think that, if she thought so highly of me, she would think highly of my amendments, too, but I live for that possibility another day. I join the minister […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I will speak to and move amendments 3, 3A and 4, which are all in my name. I will first cover amendments 3A and 3. Amendment 3 sets out in the bill a requirement for the commissioner to produce a charter for the benefit of patients and their representatives, and to ensure that there is […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
Well, there you go, Presiding Officer. I listened very carefully to the minister’s response, and there is much on which we agree, but the warm words are not a substitute for action. It is one thing to acknowledge the voices of families, but it is another not to listen to them when they describe the […]
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 3 | Scottish Parliament debates
I will speak to amendment 9 and all other amendments in the group. The six amendments are all related and, taken together, they will strengthen the rights of bereaved families in the bill. The amendments seek to ensure that patients who have been seriously injured or harmed in a healthcare setting are never again left […]
