Committee
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 09 May 2023
09 May 2023 · S6 · Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Item of business
Powers of Attorney Bill
We move on to another evidence session with the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport. This time, it is on the Powers of Attorney Bill legislative consent memorandum. I welcome back Maree Todd. I also welcome from the Scottish Government Douglas Kerr, who is a lawyer in the legal directorate; Peter Quigley, who is adults with incapacity team leader in the mental health law and incapacity unit; and Sarah Saddiq, who is a policy manager in the mental health law and incapacity unit. The purpose of the Powers of Attorney Bill is to enable modernisation of the process for making and registering a lasting power of attorney made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the legislative consent memorandum relating to the bill at its meeting on 18 April, and it raised no issues. I invite the minister to make a brief opening statement.
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The Convener
SNP
We move on to another evidence session with the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport. This time, it is on the Powers of Attorney Bill legisla...
Maree Todd
SNP
Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak about the Powers of Attorney Bill and the associated legislative consent memorandum. Powers of attorney...
The Convener
SNP
Thank you very much, minister. As no other member has a question, I will ask a small question. The minister might well want to write to the committee on thi...
Maree Todd
SNP
The legislation currently allows for the recognition of Scottish powers of attorney in England and Wales. Paragraph 13 of schedule 3 to the Mental Capacity A...
The Convener
SNP
I thank the minister for her answer. As no other members of the committee have any questions, I thank the witnesses for their attendance.