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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 2 July 2025
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Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

My colleague Graham Simpson will touch on outcomes in a wee while.

Meriem Timizar, you said that, in a number of circumstances, there is not even multilingual information to direct people from minority ethnic communities to those services. Is that the case? I mean, I am astounded, convener, if we do not even provide the information that people need to access a pathway to support services. Could you tell us more about that, please, Meriem?

Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Thanks so much for that, Kirsten.

Convener, does anyone else online want to contribute?

Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Thanks, Simon.

Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Jo Anderson, can you offer a perspective on that? The funding has been increasing, but are we targeting it correctly?

Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Thanks very much, Meriem. The committee will be keen to follow that up.

Kirsten Urquhart, I know that you have to leave at about half 10, but can you give us a little perspective on these issues and why these inequalities exist, particularly for young people? We saw in the report that young people often report much higher levels of anxiety, stress and mental health-related issues, and you described a few circumstances. However, can you give us a flavour of what we need to do more to effectively target spend where it is needed in order to reduce the inequalities that we are talking about?

Public Audit Committee

Section 23 Report: “Adult mental health”

Meeting date: 9 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Thank you.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Willie Coffey

What about that 18-month lead-in time? Is that something you would all broadly support so we can work out the implementation of this locally?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Willie Coffey

The question of national parks recently came up in discussion. There are varying views on them, but how do we ensure that the national parks receive their fair share of the visitor levy? They can span multiple authorities, as we all know. How do we solve that particular problem? Rob Dickson, I will start with you again.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Donald Emslie, do you have a view?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Willie Coffey

Should the money that is raised locally be spent in that area only? For example, say it was Skye we were talking about, and people are staying there, should the money raised through the levy be restricted and spent in that area or should the local authority be allowed to spend that revenue wherever it chooses in the authority?