Committee
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 02 November 2021
02 Nov 2021 · S6 · Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Item of business
Proposed Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
Thank you. I welcome back to the meeting Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, who is supported by Kate Monahan, co-founder of Because We Matter; and Robert McGeachy, policy and engagement manager with Camphill Scotland. You are all very welcome. I refer members to papers 5 and 6. We also have correspondence from three organisations asking that the draft proposal be allowed to proceed to the next stage. I invite Pam Duncan-Glancy to make a short opening statement.
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The Convener
SNP
The next item on the agenda is evidence on a statement of reasons that has been lodged to accompany the draft proposal for a member’s bill, the disabled chil...
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I draw attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests, which shows that I am a serving councillor in East Renfrewshire Council and a member and ...
The Convener
SNP
Thank you. I welcome back to the meeting Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, who is supported by Kate Monahan, co-founder of Because We Matter; and Robert McGeachy, poli...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
Thank you, convener, and thank you all for inviting us here today. I start by putting on record my thanks to Johann Lamont, who served as an MSP in the prev...
The Convener
SNP
Thank you for those opening remarks and for the statement of reasons. The committee’s role today is to decide whether we agree with your statement of reasons...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
You are right that it is incredibly important that we listen to people with lived experience. As a number of the previous consultation responses highlighted,...
Maggie Chapman
Green
Thank you very much for your opening statement, and for bringing the proposed bill to us. As you know, the Scottish Greens supported Johann Lamont’s bill in ...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
I will do that and, if it is okay, I will also defer to my colleague Robert McGeachy, who will be able to talk about that in a bit more detail. Some specifi...
Robert McGeachy (Camphill Scotland)
Pam Duncan-Glancy has covered the main changes to the previous bill, which were requested to address points made by the previous Delegated Powers and Law Ref...
Fulton MacGregor
SNP
Good morning. Just like the convener, I want to say that I am supportive of the statement of reasons. I also wish to say that I signed the bill in the previo...
The Convener
SNP
Thanks. I do not think that there was a question there for Pam Duncan-Glancy, but I saw a smile come on her face as Fulton showed his cards.
Pam Gosal
Con
Thank you for your opening statement. How do you see the Scottish Government turning the proposed bill around with full support and engagement from all the n...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
Before I answer that question, I just want to thank my colleague Fulton MacGregor for showing those cards; it is much appreciated. I am happy to work with hi...
Karen Adam
SNP
I declare a bit of an interest here, in that I have lived experience with regard to transitions, so I am grateful to you for bringing the issue to the attent...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
I thank you for your question and for sharing that you have experience of transitions. It is incredibly important to do so. Sometimes, we assume many things ...
Alexander Stewart
Con
Thank you for your passionate opening statement. You have lived experience and you know exactly what the issues are. As you rightly identified, individuals’ ...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
Honestly, if I thought that we needed more information to help us to take forward the bill, I would seek to gather it. Between now and when the bill goes thr...
Paul O’Kane
Lab
Thank you for presenting your statement of reasons. I serve as convener of the cross-party group on learning disability, where the previous iteration of the ...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
I take a lot of comfort from the fact that the bill was drafted with the support of the user-led organisations Inclusion Scotland and Camphill Scotland, whic...
The Convener
SNP
That concludes our questions. We are now required to make a decision on whether we are satisfied by the statement of reasons. I remind members that our deci...
The Convener
SNP
I thank Pam Duncan-Glancy, Robert McGeachy and Kate Monahan for joining us. The committee is satisfied with the statement of reasons, and we will put a note ...