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Written Question · S2W-17643 · Session 2

When it plans to introduce legislation to improve the protection of vulnerable adults, including the implementation of a register of known …

Answered Asked by John Swinburne SSCUP Lodged 28 Jun 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to introduce legislation to improve the protection of vulnerable adults, including the implementation of a register of known abusers of adults.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 Jul 2005 · 31 days after it was lodged, 3 days after it was due

A paper on vulnerable adultsis currently out to consultation and can be viewed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/07/1193115/31181.
The responses to this will beanalysed and considered along with any other available evidence, including the findingsfrom the list consultation which took place in 2004. A decision will then be reachedon how best to protect vulnerable adults, including legislating, if necessary.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-17643 by reference.