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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

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 20 December 2024
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Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Food Standards Scotland (Tackling Food Crime)

Meeting date: 25 September 2024

Rona Mackay

Would that apply to medicines in general? People buy drugs online. Would that be the same sort of thing?

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Food Standards Scotland (Tackling Food Crime)

Meeting date: 25 September 2024

Rona Mackay

Would trading standards be involved in that?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

Thank you—that was helpful.

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

When you talk about residential training, are you talking about Tulliallan?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

I am sorry to press you but, on the SPF’s specific evidence on training, are you saying that there is enough training on mental health and wellbeing?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

How is that work evaluated? How do you respond to the SPF evidence that officers do not think that they have the appropriate skills to help their colleagues?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

I have a question about staffing levels. There are reports that 945 officers are eligible to retire before next summer. It is important to say that Police Scotland plans for the highest number of recruits since its inception in 2013. You can confirm whether that is true. With that in mind, are you concerned about the immediate staffing levels? Is it on your radar that there could be a problem?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

So the training is not all done there, now.

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

My question is about increasing levels of staff and officer absence and the related increase in psychological disorders. Can you expand on the reasons for those increases, which may be related to what you have already said? Have Police Scotland and the SPA addressed those adequately? What is the impact of those absences on the workforce?

Criminal Justice Committee

Policing and Mental Health

Meeting date: 11 September 2024

Rona Mackay

That is really helpful in giving the context.

Suzanne Smith and David Malcolm, would you like to comment? You do not have to.