Recommendation 5

The Committee highlights significant evidence from its Stage 1 scrutiny that the Bill lacks detail on the question of clinical supervision including minimum requirements for supervision, clinical as well as managerial aspects of supervision, and minimum qualification requirements for those providing supervision. While acknowledging that a lot of this detail will need to be addressed in secondary legislation, the Committee calls on the Scottish Government, in responding to this report, to set out its proposed approach, including what precisely that secondary legislation will cover and provide the Committee with an update on discussions with the UK Government regarding UKIMA.