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What is the current status of the ELAG, if it exists? What do you expect its future role to be in the national care service?

How do you respond to the criticism that the committee has heard from many stakeholders that the expert legislative advisory group had very limited input to the formation of the Scottish Government’s stage 2 amendments to the bill?

Does anybody else have a comment?

Thank you.

In the evidence session that we had with witnesses from Canada, we heard of cases in which people’s family members or loved ones had opposed the process for assisted dying. Should family members and loved ones be involved in the decision-making process for assisted dying?

Yes.

No.

If a loved one makes a request for assisted dying, should there be a requirement for the family to be informed?

The committee has already done that, and we have had answers back from the Government and COSLA. Callum was fantastic in his appearance before the committee, and I have to commend him for all the work that he has done, but, with regret, I do not think that the committee can take the petition further.

Therefore, I ask the committee to close the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the basis that the Scottish Government does not intend to take forward work on a national procurement exercise for reusable water bottles at this time.

I wonder whether the committee would consider keeping the petition open and writing to the Built Environment Forum Scotland, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Chartered Institute of Building and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland to seek their views on the action called for in the petition. The committee could also consider writing to the Minister for Housing to highlight the petitioners’ submissions, including the concern that local authorities’ scheme of assistance strategies offer homeowners only advice and guidance, rather than making provisions for financial support where repairs are required.