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The Education and Skills Committee revisited our joint petition on 27 November 2019. Excerpt from the Official Report: Getting It Right For Every Child Policy (Human Rights) (PE1692) The Convener: Agenda item 3 is consideration of PE1692 by Lesley Scott Read More …
Liberty has reported on an important Supreme Court ruling on the primacy of the Human Rights Act over secondary legislation and the application of unlawful discriminatory policies by public bodies. The Supreme Court has now confirmed that under the Human Read More …
The Scottish Parliament’s Education & Skills Committee is due to reconsider petition PEO1692 for an independent public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC policy in the coming weeks. In order to inform the committee’s further deliberations, joint petitioners Read More …
Highland Council has been urged to carry out a full-scale review of its version of the Scottish government’s scrapped named person scheme by a Conservative councillor. Our comments are included in this BBC piece: Call for review of Highlands version Read More …
According to the beleaguered John Swinney, the “named person approach” will continue, despite the controversial policy having been withdrawn from law after a humiliating defeat in the Supreme Court. Named Person ‘approach’ will continue reveals John Swinney Mr Swinney said Read More …
