Committee
Health and Sport Committee 09 February 2021
09 Feb 2021 · S5 · Health and Sport Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) (Scotland) Order 2021 [Draft]
The seventh item on our agenda is consideration of more subordinate legislation—another draft affirmative instrument. I again welcome Mairi Gougeon, the Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing and her officials from the Scottish Government. On this occasion, she is accompanied by Iain MacAllister, who is deputy director in the mental health and social care directorate; Paula Richardson, who is a team leader in that directorate; and Carolyn Magill, who is a solicitor and head of the social care, NHS workforce and structures unit. I invite the minister to make a brief opening statement.
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The Convener
Lab
The seventh item on our agenda is consideration of more subordinate legislation—another draft affirmative instrument. I again welcome Mairi Gougeon, the Mini...
Mairi Gougeon
SNP
As was noted at your committee last year, “Health and social care partnerships are not designated as first or second responders in the Civil Contingencies ...
The Convener
Lab
I invite members to indicate in the chat box if they have a question. As the minister said, we considered the issue at our meeting on 17 June 2020 and wrote...
Mairi Gougeon
SNP
Yes, that is right. Some concerns were raised through the consultation, but it is important to remember that the order will formalise an arrangement that sho...
The Convener
Lab
There are no further questions, so we move to agenda item 8, which is the formal debate on the order. I invite the minister to move motion S5M-23920. Motion...
The Convener
Lab
That concludes consideration of the instrument. We will report to the Parliament accordingly. I thank the minister for her attendance.